Private company
Centra
Logo: Centra, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
Irish convenience shop chain
Centra is a convenience shop chain that operates throughout Ireland, and has one shop in Qatar. The chain operates as a symbol group owned by Musgrave Group, the food wholesaler, meaning the individual shops 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.2 It employed about 11,000 people.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industryretail1
- HeadquartersCork1
- Websitecentra.co.uk
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Centra is a convenience shop chain that operates throughout Ireland, and has one shop in Qatar. The chain operates as a symbol group owned by Musgrave Group, the food wholesaler, meaning the individual shops are all owned by individual franchisees.2
Subsidiaries and ownership
Owners
From Wikidata.1
Timeline
- 1960Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitecentra.co.uk1
- Websitewww.centra.ie1
- X (Twitter)x.com/CentraIRL1
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/CentraIreland1
- Instagramwww.instagram.com/centra_irl1
- WikipediaCentra
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ747678
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataCentra on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaCentra on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsCentra logo by Centra, Public domain
- 4Wikimedia CommonsCentra photo by Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0