Musgrave Group
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The Musgrave Group is a major Irish food wholesaler, founded in Cork by the Musgrave brothers, Thomas and Stuart in 1876. Musgrave Group has become Ireland's largest grocery distributor. Today, the Group has operations in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Great Britain and Spain. Musgrave is the largest private company in Ireland by turnover and has expanded by acquisition. Annual sales are over €4 billion.
The Group's mission is to create exceptional added-value from food businesses that are different and better, and to share the value created with shareholders, employees, customers and the community at large.
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[edit] Divisions
The overall business is currently made up of six divisions:
- Musgrave Group
Corporate Headquarters of Musgrave
- Musgrave Retail Partners Ireland
Operating the Centra convenience stores and SuperValu supermarkets in the Republic of Ireland
- Musgrave Retail Partners Northern Ireland
Operating the Centra convenience stores and SuperValu supermarkets in Northern Ireland
- Musgrave Wholesale Partners
Operating the Musgrave Retailer Services and Musgrave Foodservices
- Musgrave Retail Partners GB
Operating the Londis stores and Budgens supermarkets in Britain
- Musgrave Retail Partners Espãna which operates from a base in Alicante in south-east of Spain
Operating Dialsur, a Spanish wholesalers and franchise owners
These chains are the market leaders in their respective fields.
[edit] Environmental charter
Musgrave Group is the only wholesale and retail food distributor in Ireland to operate an environmental charter, committing to measure environmental impact and to report results for company divisions and the independent franchise stores.
[edit] See also
- List of Irish companies
- SuperValu
- Centra
- Londis
- Budgens
- Musgrave Foodservices
- Musgrave Retailer Services
