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Tesco Ireland Limited is the Irish subsidiary of supermarket group Tesco. Tesco Ireland was formed by Tesco plc's 1997 purchase of the Irish retailing operations of Associated British Foods, namely Powers' Supermarkets Limited and its subsidiaries, trading as Quinnsworth and Crazy Prices. There are 152 Tesco stores in operation in Ireland as of ...
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.
Quinnsworth was a supermarket chain that operated in Ireland from 1966 to 1997. During its time in operation, it grew to be one of Ireland's leading retailers, with approximately one quarter of the grocery market in the Republic of Ireland, and some 88 supermarkets across the island of Ireland, including its Crazy Prices brand operated at some of its larger outlets.
Safeway formed Safeway Stores Ireland along with Fitzwilton, taking over a number of former stores of Wellworths. The Republic of Ireland stores (Powers Supermarkets, trading as Quinnsworth and Crazy Prices) became Tesco Ireland, while the Northern Irish stores became part of the Tesco core business in the United Kingdom.
Pat Quinn (1 July 1935 – 23 November 2009) was an Irish publican, hotelier, music promoter, storyteller, [1] former millionaire and founder of the Quinnsworth (now Tesco Ireland) group, Ireland's first supermarket chain. [2] He invented the term "yellow pack".
In May 2024 the Tesco PLC annual report revealed that Murphy had received a £10 million pay package for the year to February 2024, doubling his prior year's earnings. This comprised £4.7 million in pay and bonuses, up from £4.3 million, with the rest from shares that were awarded to Murphy when he joined and paid out after he surpassed a ...
The Republic of 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.
He followed his career at the Bank of Ireland. He climbed the ladder up to taking on the management of the advertising division. The rest of his career consisted of senior roles at FTSE 100 companies. He was a non-executive director at Reckitt Benckiser, and then CEO of Kingfisher plc from 2003 to 2008. [7]