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Garvey’s SuperValu Corbally celebrates 20 years

7 Feb , 2023  

Located a short distance from Limerick city centre, Garvey’s SuperValu Corbally is celebrating 20 years in business as well as its recent success at the National Grocery Retail Awards. Since opening in the Grove Island Shopping Centre in September 2002, Garvey’s SuperValu Corbally has become the go-to place for shoppers in the area. With a […]

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Award-winning ALDI Ireland leads the way in sustainability

31 Jan , 2023  

It’s been an awards-laden year for ALDI Ireland, whose industry-leading efforts in the vitally-important area of sustainability were recognised at both the 2022 Lean Business Awards and the 2022 Green Awards, where the conscientious discounter was named Lean Leadership winner and Green Retailer of the Year respectively, much to the delight of managing director Niall […]

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The Cookstown sizzle remains as irresistible as ever!

24 Jan , 2023  

For eighty-five years and counting, Cookstown – home of the famous ‘Cookstown sizzle’ – has been one of the island’s premier pork processors, producing a market-leading range of sumptuous products, which today are as popular as ever they’ve been with consumers the length and breadth of Ireland. It was in the late 1960s, due to […]

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A family tradition

17 Jan , 2023  

The Donohoe family has a long history of retailing in Cavan and the surrounding counties of Leitrim and Fermanagh. Nowadays, Darren Donohoe fronts the successful family business which incorporates Donohoes SuperValu Ballyconnell, Donohoes SuperValu Ballinamore and Donohoes Centra, Belturbet. From humble beginnings, the Donohoe Group has grown to become one of the largest employers in the region and has […]

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Bringing home the bacon since 1860

9 Jan , 2023  

McCarren Meats (McCarren & Company) delivers a full range of pork and bacon from carcasses to full meat products from its site in Cavan. Established in 1860 by John McCarren, it is Ireland’s oldest traditional pig and bacon curing business and the only fully integrated pork processing site in the country that can slaughter, cut, […]

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Exciting times at SuperValu Swords Pavilions

3 Jan , 2023  

Operated by Musgrave Operating Partners Ireland since its takeover of Superquinn in 2011, SuperValu Swords Pavilions is a 30,000 sq. ft. store which employs 150 people, including store manager Ger Joyce who was recently named Large Supermarket Manager of the Year at the 2022 National Grocery Management Awards. Behind every good manager is a great team and this is especially […]

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Cream of the crop

21 Dec , 2022  

Glanbia – which recently changed its name to Tirlán – has a strong presence in the north-east where it has operations in Drogheda, Co. Louth and Virginia, Co. Cavan. The origins of the company’s milk processing plant on the Dublin Road in Drogheda go back to 1957 when it was founded by Noel Ryan and initially […]

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The customer is king at Applegreen Lusk North

13 Dec , 2022  

Fuel, food and retail customers are provided with exceptional value and service in convenient, comfortable surroundings at Applegreen Lusk M1 North, which had the distinction of being Ireland’s first motorway service station when it opened in 2010 and is also the busiest. We dropped in and had a word with award-winning manager Michael Feeney to […]

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Breffni Mushrooms’ focus is on quality and sustainability

6 Dec , 2022  

Fully focused on the consistent, efficient and sustainable production of high-quality produce, Breffni Mushrooms is an exceptional, family-run mushroom harvesting, packing and distribution company headquartered in County Cavan. We spoke to director John Kiernan and his nephew Barry Kiernan to find out more about a wonderful family tradition dating back more than four decades. Nestling […]

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Buckley’s SuperValu is at the heart of the community

2 Dec , 2022  

SuperValu stores across Ireland are committed to local employment and supporting local suppliers and community groups. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the midlands where the Buckley name is synonymous with the iconic Irish retail brand. The Buckley’s SuperValu and Centra Group is made up of three SuperValu stores in Mullingar, Moate and Birr, […]