Centra







































Centra
Type
franchising
Industry Retail
Headquarters
Cork
,
Ireland

Number of locations
Over 450
Area served
Ireland
Owner Musgrave Group
Website Centra



Centra store in Stranmills Road, Belfast


Centra is a convenience shop chain which operates throughout the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The chain operates as a symbol group and is run by Musgrave, the Irish food wholesaler meaning 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 Supermarkets. The majority of the stores however follow the Quick Stop format (or are simply branded Centra), as Musgrave also offers the SuperValu format, which is geared towards larger supermarkets.
There are currently over 450 Centra stores in the Republic of Ireland and 120 in Northern Ireland. In 2002, Centra's turnover was €652.6 million.[citation needed] Centra's main competitors are Gala, Spar and Londis, as well as a number of smaller groups such as Costcutter.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Stores


    • 2.1 See also


    • 2.2 References







History


The chain was originally launched in the Republic of Ireland as "VG" in 1960. In 1979, the VG chain was rebranded SuperValu with the smaller outlets subsequently rebranded as Centra. The company brought both of these stores to Northern Ireland, the latter through the acquisition and subsequent rebranding of Wellworths stores.



Stores


Centra-Coady's-Farran Park-Waterford



See also



  • SuperValu

  • Musgrave Group

  • List of Irish companies



References













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