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 […]
Musgrave MarketPlace has announced five new partners following the first round of its Green Shoots programme. In collaboration with Bord Bia, the Dragons Den style initiative invited pitches from local Irish businesses with the opportunity for their product to be promoted and sold across Musgrave MarketPlace branches and online platforms. Companies presented to a panel […]
Maxol is investing £2.35 million in a significant redevelopment and expansion of Maxol Braid River Service Station in central Ballymena and a modernisation of Maxol Marino near Holywood. The investment is part of a wider five-year capital investment programme worth £84M that Maxol recently announced across its network to meet the growing demand for convenience-led […]
ALDI’s Ballinasloe Co. Galway “Project Fresh” store has reopened its doors to customers following an extensive renovation project worth almost €1M, which has seen the store interior completely refurbished. Featuring the new layout, the Ballinasloe store now offers a wide selection of fresh food at the front of the store, hi-spec fixtures and fittings throughout […]
Musgrave has announced a new multi-million euro deal with Lusk based ready meal producer Ballymaguire Foods, valued at €170 million. The new contract will continue to supply homegrown, Irish-made prepared meals and side dishes to Musgrave retail brands SuperValu, Centra and Daybreak. The new contract comes as shoppers increasingly seek out healthy pre-prepared meal options. […]
ALDI has announced that it has avoided 1.2 million kgs of food from going to waste in Ireland through its partnerships to date with both FoodCloud and Too Good To Go, which is the equivalent of 3.8 million kgs of CO2 emissions avoided, or 761 round the world flights! Since partnering with not-for-profit social enterprise […]
Tesco Ireland has officially launched its new Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) trial for PET plastic drinks bottles and aluminium/steel drinks cans at its Tesco Extra Store at Donore Road in Drogheda. Ahead of DRS commencing nationwide in February 2024, the retailer is running two in-store DRS demonstration trials, at Drogheda Extra and Malahide Express stores. […]
Maxol has announced the winners of its 2022 Excellence Awards. The annual scheme promotes and rewards excellence in station and store standards, customer experience, and community engagement across the Maxol network. The awards were presented at Maxol’s recent Retail Conference held at The K Club, a company-wide celebration hosted by well-known personalities Anton Savage and […]
Three local SuperValu, Centra and MACE stores have been awarded the prestigious title of ‘Store of the Year’ at Musgrave’s annual awards ceremony. The Musgrave awards ceremony celebrates and recognises the achievements, hard work and dedication of its retail partners across the three brands. SuperValu McCool’s Kells claimed the title of SuperValu Store of the […]
ALDI Ireland will invest €7.2 million in upgrading six of its stores throughout the country in 2023. Alongside the recently opened renovated Athy store, Bandon, Ballinasloe, Mullingar, Sandyford, and Cashel will be part of the supermarket’s award-winning Project Fresh retrofitting programme, which overhauls a store’s infrastructure with energy-saving upgrades. Since the beginning of the programme […]