verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . november 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message musgrave group plc type private industry wholesale founded 1876 founder thomas and stuart musgrave headquarters cork ireland area served ireland spain united kingdom key people chris martin chief executive officer products groceries fresh food etc. website www.musgravegroup.com 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 citation needed with operations in ireland united kingdom and spain minor . it is the largest private company in ireland by turnover citation needed with annual sales of over 4 billion . citation needed the current group ceo is chris martin . contents 1 divisions 2 former divisions 3 see also 4 references 5 external links divisions edit 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 . 1 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 . 2 3 musgrave retail partners espa a operates from a base in alicante in south east of spain and operates dialsur and a cash & carry chain . former divisions edit 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 . see also edit list of irish companies supervalu superquinn centra references edit fri mar 05 2010 musgrave to shed 143 jobs in galway . the irish times . 2010 03 03 . retrieved 2011 11 08 . musgrave buys j & j haslett . wholesale news . 2007 07 09 . retrieved 2011 11 08 . musgrave marketplace branch locator . musgravecashandcarry.ie . retrieved 2011 11 08 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title musgrave group & oldid 703244807 categories wholesalers of the united kingdomcompanies of the republic of irelandhidden categories articles needing additional references from november 2014all articles needing additional referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from november 2014official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 4 february 2016 at 10 38 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view