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Profits at Dunnes Stores NI arm increase by 60% to £20.3m

Pre-tax profits at the Northern Ireland arm of retail giant Dunnes Stores last year increased by 60% to £20.3m (€23.2m).

Business • 23 Sep

The five-pair packs of socks were removed from sale in December 2024 (image via CCPC website)

Dunnes Stores recalls baby socks after complaint to CCPC

Dunnes Stores has recalled 1,564 five-pair packs of pink marl baby socks after a complaint to the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC).

Ireland • 20 Mar

Dunnes holds a new record 25% market share, the latest figures from Kantar show today

Grocery sales up 6.5% as shoppers seek out discounts

The latest Irish grocery data from Kantar shows that shoppers made more shopping trips in the four weeks to January 26, with an average of 23 trips to stores.

Business • 10 Feb

The union described it as positive step and a significant achievement for the staff.

Union welcomes 5% pay increase for Dunnes Stores workers

The Mandate trade union has welcomed a 5% pay increase for Dunnes Stores workers.

Business • 18 Dec 24

The projected annual turnover from the net increase in retail floorspace at the centre will be €62.9m for 2027

Dunnes Stores gets permission for Crumlin shopping centre

Dublin City Council has given the green light to family owned retail giant, Dunnes Stores, for a 'landmark' shopping centre for Crumlin in Dublin 12, with the potential to provide up to 450 jobs when operational.

Business • 19 Apr 24

The €448,074 was required towards expenditure in respect of public infrastructure and facilities benefiting development within the area

Dunnes Stores wins planning financial contributions case

Retail giant, Dunnes Stores, has succeeded in having its financial planning contributions relating to its planned expansion of a south Dublin shopping centre almost halved to €230,703.

Business • 28 Mar 24

The €8.53 million bill is €28 million less than the original €36.57 million net aggregate assessment served on Dunnes Stores

Dunnes Stores ordered to pay €8.53m tax bill

The Tax Appeals Commission (TAC) has ruled that family owned retail giant, Dunnes Stores must pay an amended €8.53 million Revenue Commissioners tax bill concerning the plastic bag levy.

Business • 07 Nov 23

Pre-tax profits at the Northern Ireland operation of retail giant Dunnes Stores last year fell by 41% to £3.75m (€4.32m)

Higher costs hit profits at NI arm of Dunnes Stores

Higher costs contributed to pre-tax profits at the Northern Ireland operation of retail giant Dunnes Stores last year declining by 41% to £3.75m (€4.32m).

Business • 09 Oct 23

Dunnes Stores to open first store in Dundrum Town Centre in October

Dunnes to open new store in Dundrum Town Centre

Dunnes Stores is to open a new store in Dundrum Town Centre in Dublin in October.

Business • 25 Jul 23

The company has won a planning battle to secure the green light for a new suburban outlet at Monkstown in south Dublin.

Dunnes Stores win planning battle with Monkstown locals

Family owned retail giant, Dunnes Stores has won a planning battle to secure the green light for a new suburban outlet at Monkstown in south Dublin.

Business • 20 Jul 23

Grocery inflation is now hitting 16.8%, new Kantar figures show

Grocery price inflation hits 16.8% in March - Kantar

New figures from Kantar show that grocery price inflation rose again in recent weeks and now stands at 16.8%, up from 16.4%.

Business • 03 Apr 23

The existing shopping centre first opened in 1974

Dunnes Stores submits plans for Crumlin shopping centre

Family owned retail giant, Dunnes Stores has lodged plans for a 'landmark' shopping centre for Crumlin in Dublin 12 with the potential to provide up to 450 jobs when operational.

Business • 27 Mar 23

Workers at Dunnes Stores are in line for a pay rise (Pic:RollingNews.ie)

Union welcomes 8% pay increase for Dunnes Stores staff

The Mandate trade union has welcomed the awarding of an 8% pay increase to Dunnes Stores workers.

Business • 22 Dec 22

Workers cited increased living costs for the pay demand

Dunnes Stores workers seek 7.7% pay increase

Dunnes Stores workers have lodged a pay claim with the company seeking pay increases, additional annual leave days, improvements to the staff discount scheme and the creation of full-time jobs.

Business • 20 Jul 22

Farmers said they were being affected by risings costs of energy and feed

Farmers end protest as Dunnes Stores agrees IFA meeting

Dunnes Stores has agreed to talk with Irish Farmers' Association representatives on cost pressures across farming sectors.

Ireland • 15 Feb 22

Farmers say they need better prices from the company

Farmer protests at Dunnes Stores to continue overnight

A protest by farmers at Dunnes Stores branches in Cork and Monaghan is set to continue overnight.

Ireland • 14 Feb 22

Belfast registered Dunnes Stores (Bangor) Ltd said its revenues decreased by 10.4% last year

Losses jump at Dunnes Stores' Northern Ireland business

Pre-tax losses at the main Northern Ireland based arm of retail giant Dunnes Stores last year increased more than 12 fold to £8.1m (€9.64m).

Business • 31 Dec 21

The Mandate trade union had lodged the pay claim with Dunnes in March 2020 at the beginning of the Covid pandemic

Dunnes Stores workers win 10% pay increase

Almost 10,000 workers in Dunnes Stores have seen a 10% increase in their pay today after the retail group conceded a claim from members of Mandate Trade Union.

Business • 23 Dec 21

A number of workers from Dunnes Stores will present the signatures of the 2,500 workers to management in Head Office on George's Street

Staff petition Dunnes Stores to make payments permanent

More than 2,500 Dunnes Stores workers have signed a petition calling on the company to make their temporary 10% Covid payment and 20% staff bonus permanent.

Business • 16 Aug 21

Buymie to launch delivery service in Galway & Limerick

Online grocery delivery provider Buymie will begin to offer grocery deliveries and full personal shopping services to over 190,000 Galway and Limerick residents from Monday, May 31.

Business • 27 May 21

Shoppers spent €1.2m less on whole turkeys over the four weeks to 27 December compared with the same time in 2019

Record €1.2 billion spent on groceries in December

New figures show that the average shopper spent €134 more on groceries in December last year than they did in December the previous year.

Business • 11 Jan 21

Dunnes Stores claimed the sale of food products and groceries from a Mr Price store next door breaches a restrictive covenant contained in a lease agreement

Dunnes secures injunction over Mr Price selling food

Dunnes Stores has secured a High Court injunction preventing a rival retailer from continuing to sell food products, but not groceries from a unit at a retail park pending the outcome of the full hearing.

Courts • 04 Dec 20

Devan Hughes, CEO and co-founder of Buymie, signs a new deal with Dunnes for the grocer's Dublin and Cork customers

Buymie and Dunnes team up for Dublin and Cork service

Online grocery delivery provider Buymie has announced a new partnership with Dunnes Stores, which will see the launch of a personal grocery shopping service to over 680,000 households in both Dublin and Cork.

Business • 05 Oct 20

Consumers are advised not to eat the affected products

Dunnes Stores, Lidl recall chicken after bacteria found

The Food Safety Authority has recalled two of Dunnes Stores own brands of cooked chicken and two chicken products sold at Lidl over a possible presence of Listeria monocytogenes.

Ireland • 21 Sep 20

Tipperary's Tortilla Chips - From Yucatan to Dunnes

As part of the Boost My Business initiative, Fiona Alston caught up with Blanco Niño's Philip Martin to see what his reaction was to the global pandemic grinding their Mexican volcano stones to a near halt.

Boost My Business • 31 Aug 20