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Musgrave Group

Logo: musgravegroup.com4

Irish food wholesaler

Musgrave Group Ltd. 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, with operations in Ireland and Spain with estimated annual sales of over €4 billion. The current CEO (as of 2019) is Noel Keeley.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1876Founded1
  • Industrywholesale1
  • HeadquartersCork1
  • Websitewww.musgravegroup.com
  • Legal formPrivate Company Limited by Shares3
  • LEI635400DC1WKDCJZHLL253
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressAirport Road, Cork, Ireland3
  • Registered withCompanies Registration Office, 17763

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Musgrave Group Ltd. 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, with operations in Ireland and Spain with estimated annual sales of over €4 billion. The current CEO (as of 2019) is Noel Keeley. Today, the company is still largely owned by the Musgrave family.2

Corporate structure

Musgrave Group is part of a group headed by Musgrave Group Public Limited Company. 7 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Musgrave Group reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Products and brands

Divisions

The overall business is currently made up of four divisions:

Musgrave Group is the controlling company of Musgrave, headquartered at Ballycurreen, County Cork, Ireland.

Musgrave Retail Partners Ireland operates, mostly on a symbol group model, 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.

Musgrave Wholesale Partners operates the Musgrave MarketPlace cash and carries, Daybreak convenience shops, Day-Today & XL Stop and Shop (Northern Ireland only) convenience shops and Musgrave Foodservices. This division is headquartered at Ballymun, Dublin. There are Marketplace sites in Cork, Waterford, Limerick, Galway, Ballymun, Dún Laoghaire and Clondalkin in the Republic of Ireland. There are also three Marketplace branches in Northern Ireland in Belfast, Derry and Lurgan.

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Musgrave Retail Partners España operates from a base in Elche in south-east of Spain, and operates Dialsur, and a Cash & Carry chain.

The small Donnybrook Fair chain of premium supermarkets was bought in 2018 but is not expected to be integrated with the existing brands.

Former divisions

Musgrave Operating Partners Ireland operated the Superquinn chain from July 2011 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.

From Wikipedia’s article on Musgrave Group, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

Also owns

Parent company (GLEIF)

From Wikidata.1 Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Timeline

  1. Jan 1, 2022Parent Directly consolidated by Musgrave Group Public Limited Company3
  2. 1876Founded Founded1

Sources

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