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Industry
  
Wholesale

Website
  
www.musgravegroup.com

CEO
  
Chris Martin (2007–)

Type of business
  
Private

Area served
  
Ireland Spain

Headquarters
  
Republic of Ireland

Founded
  
1876

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Founder
  
Thomas and Stuart Musgrave

Key people
  
Chris Martin, Chief executive officer

Products
  
Groceries, Fresh food, etc.

Subsidiaries
  
SuperValu, Budgens, Londis

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Musgrave Group plc is an Irish food wholesaler, founded in Cork by the Musgrave brothers, Thomas and Stuart in 1876. It is currently Ireland's largest grocery distributor, with operations in Ireland and Spain. It is the largest private company in Ireland by turnover, with annual sales of over €4 billion. The current group CEO is Chris Martin.

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Divisions

The overall business is currently made up of four divisions:

  • Musgrave Group is the controlling company of Musgrave, headquartered at Ballycurreen, Airport Road in Cork.
  • Musgrave Retail Partners Ireland operates the Centra and SuperValu supermarkets in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, and the Mace brand in Northern Ireland. This division is headquartered at the Tramore Road in Cork. This is also the site of one of three distribution centres, the others being in Kilcock, County Kildare and one in Belfast to service Northern Ireland. They closed a centre in Galway in 2010.
  • Musgrave Wholesale Partners operates the Musgrave MarketPlace cash and carries, Daybreak convenience stores, Day-Today & XL Stop and Shop (Northern Ireland only) convenience stores and Musgrave Foodservices. This division is headquartered at Ballymun, Dublin. There are Marketplace sites in Cork, Waterford, Limerick, Galway, Ballymun, Dun Laoighaire and Clondalkin in the Republic of Ireland. There are also three Marketplace branches in Northern Ireland in Belfast, Derry and Lurgan.
  • Musgrave Retail Partners España operates from a base in Alicante in south-east of Spain, and operates Dialsur, and a Cash & Carry chain.

    • Former divisions

  • Musgrave Operating Partners Ireland operated the Superquinn chain until 13 February 2014, when all stores became SuperValu.
  • Musgrave Retail Partners GB operated the Londis stores and Budgens supermarkets in the United Kingdom until it was sold to Booker Group in 2015.

    • References

    Musgrave Group Wikipedia
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