Joyces 365
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| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Founder | Patrick Joyce (senior), Pat Joyce |
| Headquarters | Headford, Galway, Ireland |
Number of locations | 9 (2019) |
| Products | consumer goods, |
Number of employees | 200 |
| Website | http://www.joycesupermarket.com/ |
Joyces 365 is a family-run supermarket chain based in Headford, Galway, Ireland. The supermarket chain has five stores located in five Galway towns: Headford, Oranmore, Tuam, Inverin and Athenry; as well as the Galway city areas of , Doughiska, and the Claddagh (on Father Griffin Road).[1] Athenry is the flagship store.
Joyces 365 was founded in 1951 and has around 230 employees.[2] Pat Joyce is the owner and manager of the supermarket chain.[1]
During the late 1970s saw two new developments with "Joyce & Sons Headford Ltd" as a Hardware and "Kevin Joyce" as a Drapery by brother of Patrick Joyce (senior), in 1978.
In 1982 a second Supermarket opened at the site Walsh's Bakery in Headford.
In 1991 the two were made bigger by buying Monaghan's Stationery Shop nearby for Filling Station in 1992.
On the 10 May 1999, Joyces 365 opened a new shop in Knocknacarra and in 2005 open a third store in Athenry. In June 2008, Joyces 365 became the supply chain of Nisa in Ireland.[3]
In November 2010 Joyces 365 announced that they would be opening a supermarket in the Tuam shopping centre.[4]
In July 2014, Joyces took over a SuperValu Store in Inverin, "Siopa an Phobail", that had been in receivership for more than two years.[5]
In 2017, Joyces took over the Galway based Nestor's Supermarket Group, which had been franchised as SuperValu stores (Centra, in the case of the Doughiska branch), and rebranded all of its stores under its own name. [6]
On November 30th 2021, Tesco announced that they had purchased Joyce’s 9 stores for a undisclosed amount.
References[]
- ^ a b "Ireland: Nisa-Today's Recruits Leading Retailer". Namnews. 2008-06-02. Archived from the original on 2009-05-19. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
- ^ Hancock, Ciarán (2008-06-04). "UK food group in deal with Joyces of Galway". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 2009-05-19. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "50 New Jobs with Opening of Tuam Supermarket". Connacht Tribune. 2010-11-03. Archived from the original on 2010-11-12. Retrieved 2010-11-12.
- ^ "40 jobs saved at Inverin supermarket 40 jobs saved at Inverin supermarket". Connacht Tribune. 2014-07-16. Archived from the original on 2010-11-12. Retrieved 2014-07-16.
- ^ "Supermarket chain takes on Nestor's stores in €10m deal". Irish Independent. 2017-08-27. Retrieved 2017-08-27.
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