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The following is a list of supermarket chains in Ireland. Large supermarkets. Name Stores Parent; ... Smaller supermarkets and convenience stores. Name Stores Parent;
The supermarket was founded on 27 June 1968 () out of the larger outlets in Musgrave's VG chain (originally formed in 1960). [4] The smaller VG shops became Centra . From a base of sixteen supermarkets (mainly in Munster ), SuperValu had 182 shops in the Republic of Ireland and 36 in Northern Ireland as of 2004.
Ireland has a number of supermarket chains. SuperValu, with 223 stores, has (as of May 2018) the largest share of Ireland's grocery market. [4] Dunnes Stores, owned by a trust consisting of members of the family of its founder, Ben Dunne Snr, has 123 stores. Tesco Ireland, a subsidiary of Tesco plc, has 91 stores.
As of 2023, this is a list of supermarket chains, past and present, which operate or have branches in more than one country, whether under the parent corporation's name or another name. For supermarkets that are only in one country, see the breakdown by continent at the bottom of this page.
Musgrave Group Ltd. is an Irish food wholesaler, founded in Cork by the Musgrave brothers, Thomas and Stuart in 1876. [2] It is currently Ireland's largest grocery distributor, [3] with operations in Ireland and Spain with estimated annual sales of over €4 billion. [4]
Combined, Dunnes, Tesco and SuperValu currently account for approximately 70% of Ireland's grocery market. Currently, Dunnes Stores is Ireland’s number one supermarket, holding this title since 2018. [8] In clothing, their rivals include Penneys and Marks and Spencer. Dunnes collaborate for many clothing/home wares collections from a number ...
Tesco Ireland operates a number of Tesco Extra hypermarkets in Ireland, with Clarehall Extra on the Malahide Road being the first to open in 2006. Tesco's largest hypermarket store in Europe, with a floorspace of 18,500 m 2 (199,000 sq ft), opened in Dundalk in County Louth in November 2010. [121]
In 2008, supermarket chain Sainsbury's acquired the Curleys supermarket business, [1] this led to a remodelling and rebranding of the supermarket area of the shopping centre, leading to a Sainsbury's store that is approximately 97,000 sq ft (9,000 m 2), making it the largest Sainsbury's supermarket in Northern Ireland. [2]