Casey’s Londis Castlebar underlined its status as one of Ireland’s leading convenience stores by scooping the coveted Retail Team of the Year Award at the 2023 ShelfLife National Grocery Management Awards which took place at the Royal Marine Hotel in Dun Laoghaire on May 18 last. Part of the Casey Retail Group which is celebrating […]
ALDI Ireland has submited a planning application to Longford County Council for a new €6.8M store located in Granard, Co. Longford. ALDI is aiming to open the store in summer 2025, making it the second ALDI store to open in Longford since 2000. The new Granard store will create up to 30 permanent jobs at […]
A brand new report shows that consumption of beer declined in Ireland by 2.1% since 2017, while that of Irish craft beer rose by 13.5%. There was also an increase in market share of the 79 independent microbreweries that are currently in operation in the Republic of Ireland, as consumption of craft beer rose from […]
Tesco Ireland has announced plans to spend €80 million this year on eight new store openings, extensive store refit and refurbishment upgrade programmes, and ongoing maintenance of its growing property portfolio. This significant expenditure figure underpins Tesco’s continued strong commitment to the Irish retail market. The investment will be used to open eight new Express […]
Dominic Kelleher, Fresh Food Manager of Herlihy’s Centra in Fermoy, was named Supermarket Delicatessen / Food to Go Manager of the Year Award at the recent National Grocery Management Awards, having previously received the Protein & Provisions Manager of the Year Award in 2019. Dominic’s colleague at Herlihy’s Centra in Bishopstown, Rebecca Murphy, was also honoured with the […]
Garvey’s SuperValu Cobh has been recognised as one of the top supermarkets in Ireland by claiming a prestigious award. No stranger to winning coveted awards, the Co. Cork retailer saw off strong competition to be named ‘Best Medium SuperValu Store of the Year’ at the SuperValu National Conference which was held in The Great Southern […]
Jimmy Kearns of Kearns Fruit Farm near Enniscorthy has been growing fresh, delicious and premium quality Wexford strawberries for over 50 years. He is joined in the family-run business by his wife Susan, son Noel, son-in-law and former Wexford hurling goalkeeping great Damien Fitzhenry, sales manager Peter Donnellan – who is the new joint-chair of […]
SuperValu and Centra won an impressive number of accolades at the 2023 Great Taste Awards this week. The world’s largest blind taste awards have recognised SuperValu with 121 awards along with Centra securing a spectacular 47 – marking a momentous triumph for both Irish brands. During the awards ceremony SuperValu proudly claimed 71 awards for […]
ALDI Ireland is removing coloured plastic caps from its milk cartons in a bid to further improve the recyclability of its products. Instead, ALDI’s private label Clonbawn milk products will now come with clear caps, which are easier to recycle. The rollout, which will take place on a phased basis, has already commenced across 500ml […]
ALDI’s nationwide expansion continues with the opening of its new store in Athenry, Co Galway, creating 30 new permanent jobs and investment of over €12m in the local area. Located in Cross Street, the store becomes ALDI’s 12th store in Galway and 159th nationwide and was officially opened today by the local team and Store Manager Austin […]
