Joyce's (supermarket)

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Joyce's
Company type Private
Industry Retail
Founded1951
FounderPatrick Joyce (senior), Pat Joyce
FateAcquired by Tesco Ireland on 30 November 2021. Oranmore supermarket acquired by Musgrave Group.
Successor Tesco Ireland
SuperValu
Headquarters Headford, County Galway, Ireland (former) Oranmore, County Galway, Ireland
Number of locations
9
Products consumer goods
Number of employees
200
Website http://joycesupermarket.ie/

Joyce's, formerly Joyces 365, was a supermarket chain based in Headford, County Galway, Ireland.

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Locations

The chain had nine supermarkets, with five located in County Galway towns (Headford, Oranmore, Tuam, Inverin and Athenry) and four in the Galway city areas of Knocknacarra, Doughiska, Ballybane and Claddagh. [1]

History

Joyces 365 was founded in 1951 and had around 230 employees. [2] Pat Joyce was the owner and manager of the supermarket chain. [1]

The late 1970s saw two new developments with "Joyce & Sons Headford Ltd" as a hardware business and "Kevin Joyce" as a drapery business by brother of Patrick Joyce (senior), which opened on 8 December 1978 and closed on 20 May 2023.

In 1982, a second supermarket opened at the site of Walsh's Bakery in Headford.

In 1991, the two were made bigger by buying Monaghan's Stationery Shop nearby to create a filling station in 1992.

On 10 May 1999, Joyce's opened a new shop in Knocknacarra, and in 2005 opened a third shop in Athenry. In June 2008, Joyce's became the supply chain of Nisa in Ireland. [3]

In November 2010, Joyce's announced that it would open a supermarket in the Tuam shopping centre. [4]

In July 2014, Joyce's took over the SuperValu supermarket in Inverin, "Siopa an Phobail", which had been in receivership for more than two years. [5]

In 2017, Joyce's took over the Galway-based Nestor's Supermarket Group, which had been franchised as SuperValu stores (and Centra, in the case of the Doughiska branch), and rebranded all of its supermarkets under its own name. [6]

On 30 November 2021, Tesco Ireland announced it had purchased all Joyce's supermarkets for an undisclosed amount, [7] and the shops began to be rebranded as Tesco in 2022. The Oranmore supermarket was not included in the rebrand because Tesco had agreed to sell it to a competitor, in order to allay the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission's concerns at the time of acquisition, due to a Tesco supermarket being already present in the town. [8]

In November 2023, it was announced that the Musgrave Group were to buy the Oranmore supermarket from Tesco Ireland, and that it would be rebranded as SuperValu, putting an end to Joyce's after 74 years. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Ireland: Nisa-Today's Recruits Leading Retailer". Namnews. 2008-06-02. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  2. ↑ Hancock, Ciarán (2008-06-04). "UK food group in deal with Joyces of Galway". The Irish Times . Archived from the original on 2012-10-14. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  3. ↑ Gilbert, Helen (2008-06-07). "Nisa Today's signs up Republic's Joyces 365". The Grocer . Archived from the original on 2012-07-20. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  4. ↑ "50 New Jobs with Opening of Tuam Supermarket". Connacht Tribune . 2010-11-03. Archived from the original on 2010-11-26. Retrieved 2010-11-12.
  5. ↑ "40 jobs saved at Inverin supermarket 40 jobs saved at Inverin supermarket". Connacht Tribune . 2014-07-16. Archived from the original on 2010-11-26. Retrieved 2014-07-16.
  6. ↑ "Supermarket chain takes on Nestor's stores in €10m deal". Irish Independent . 2017-08-27. Retrieved 2017-08-27.
  7. ↑ "Tesco Ireland buys Galway supermarket business Joyce's". The Irish Times .
  8. ↑ O'Donovan, Donal (June 7, 2022). "Tesco must sell Galway Joyce family's Oranmore outlet to complete purchase of other stores".
  9. ↑ "Musgrave acquires Joyce's Supermarket in Oranmore from Tesco". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2023-11-16.


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