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The Musgrave Group is a major Irish

Republic of Ireland

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food wholesaler, founded in Cork

Cork (city)

Cork is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the island of Ireland's third most populous city. It is the principal city and administrative centre of County Cork and the largest city in the province of Munster. Cork has a population of 119,418, while the addition of the suburban...

by the Musgrave brothers, Thomas and Stuart in 1876. Musgrave Group has become Ireland's largest grocery distributor. Today, the Group has operations in Ireland, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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and Spain

Spain

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. Musgrave is the largest private company in Ireland by turnover and has expanded by acquisition. Annual sales are over €4 billion. The current group CEO is Chris Martin.

Divisions

The overall business is currently made up of seven divisions:

Musgrave Group

Overall controlling company of Musgrave, Head-quarthered at Ballycurreen, Airport Road in Cork. (adjacent to the Cork Musgrave MarketPlace Cash & Carry)

Musgrave Retail Partners Ireland

Operating the Centra

Centra

Centra is a convenience store chain in Ireland.The chain is run by Musgrave, the Irish food wholesaler, however the stores are all owned by individual franchisees. The chain has three different formats available to franchisees — smaller Quick Stop outlets, mid-sized Foodmarkets, and larger...

and SuperValu

SuperValu (Ireland)

SuperValu is a supermarket chain in Ireland and Spain, owned by the Musgraves wholesaler firm. Its headquarters is located in Cork and has stores across the entirety of Ireland.-Company structure:...

supermarkets in Ireland, North and South, and the Mace

Mace (store)

Mace is a convenience store symbol group operated in the UK and Ireland. The stores are independently owned and join the group, paying a fee for marketing and branding support and purchasing their stock from the brand owner. -Great Britain:...

brand in Northern Ireland. This division is head-quartered at the Tramore Road in Cork

Cork (city)

. This is also the site of one of 3 Distribution centres, the others being in Kilcock

Kilcock

Kilcock or Killcock is a town and townland in the north of County Kildare, Ireland, on the border with County Meath. Kilcock is a dormitory town for many of those who work in Dublin...

, Co. Kildare and Belfast

Belfast

Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...

to service Northern Ireland. They closed such a centre in Galway in 2010.

Musgrave Wholesale Partners

Operating the Musgrave MarketPlace Cash & Carries, Daybreak

Daybreak

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/Day-Today & XL Stop and Shop (N.I. only) convenience stores and Musgrave Foodservices. This division is head-quartered at Ballymun, Dublin. There are Marketplace sites in Cork, Waterford, Limerick, Galway, Ballymun, Dun Laoighre and Clondalkin in the ROI. There are also 2 Marketplace branches in Northern Ireland in Belfast and Derry, in addition to the Holmes Cash & Carries at Enniskillen

Enniskillen

Enniskillen is a town in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is located almost exactly in the centre of the county between the Upper and Lower sections of Lough Erne. It had a population of 13,599 in the 2001 Census...

, Lurgan

Lurgan

Lurgan is a town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The town is near the southern shore of Lough Neagh and in the north-eastern corner of the county. Part of the Craigavon Borough Council area, Lurgan is about 18 miles south-west of Belfast and is linked to the city by both the M1 motorway...

, Ballymena

Ballymena

Ballymena is a large town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland and the seat of Ballymena Borough Council. Ballymena had a population of 28,717 people in the 2001 Census....

and Belfast

Belfast

Musgrave Retail Partners GB

Operating the Londis

Londis

Londis is the name for two convenience store franchises operating in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. The stores form a symbol group and are all owned on a franchise basis.-Great Britain:...

stores and Budgens

Budgens

Budgens Stores Ltd is a chain of foodstores in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1872 by John Budgen, who opened the first store at Maidenhead, Berkshire. Budgens supermarket chain operates over 227 stores and employs over 6,000 staff...

supermarkets in United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Musgrave Retail Partners Espãna which operates from a base in Alicante
Alicante
Alicante or Alacant is a city in Spain, the capital of the province of Alicante and of the comarca of Alacantí, in the south of the Valencian Community. It is also a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city of Alicante proper was 334,418, estimated , ranking as the second-largest...

in south-east of Spain.

Operating Dialsur, and a Cash & Carry chain.

Divisions

See also