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SuperValu to open three new stores this year

SuperValu announces plans to open three new stores and create 210 jobs this year
SuperValu announces plans to open three new stores and create 210 jobs this year

SuperValu has reported sales of €2.7 billion in 2017, a new sales milestone for the supermarket group.

It also announced plans to open three new stores and create 210 jobs this year. 

As well as the three new shops, SuperValu said it would revamp 50 of its stores across its network as part of a €40m investment programme. 

This brings the total investment by SuperValu retailers in store openings and revamps to €110m since 2016.

At its national conference in Killarney, SuperValu said it had made a strong start to the year by delivering over €9m in price cuts across hundreds of products in its Own Brand range.

It noted that this range won 31 "Great Taste" awards in 2017 - more than any other retailer.

Martin Kelleher, SuperValu's Managing Director, told the Killarney conference that despite a highly competitive grocery market, SuperValu continues to grow and he said the company's focus for 2018 will be to build on this momentum.

"By differentiating ourselves from the competition, particularly through our unrivalled commitment to Irish suppliers, SuperValu will continue to be a destination shop as we have products on shelf that cannot be bought elsewhere," he added.

SuperValu has 2.7 million customers every week and has 217 stores nationwide. It employs about 14,500 workers and 75% of everything on its shelves is sourced in Ireland.