13 Facts About Dunnes Stores

Dunnes Stores is an Irish multinational retail chain that primarily sells food, clothes and household wares.

For many years, Dunnes Stores has maintained a top-three market share in Ireland's grocery market, alongside SuperValu and Tesco.

Dunnes continued to expand during the 1960s, and in 1963, Dunne grouped his growing number of stores under a new corporate structure, Dunnes Holding Company, which took over ownership of the entire operation.

Dunnes Stores set up a family trust at the same time, in part to ensure that the company remained family controlled.

In 1965 Dunnes Stores opened a store at Cornelscourt in what was then Ireland's first out-of-town shopping centre.

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Dunnes Stores remained intensely private and, despite an active advertising schedule, wary of publicity.

Dunnes Stores concentrated instead on expanding its growing retail empire.

Dunnes Stores became swept up in political events in 1982 when Ben Dunne Jr.

In spring 2018, Dunnes Stores confirmed the closure of all stores in England and Scotland, limiting their UK presence to Northern Ireland only.

In 2018, Dunnes Stores commenced with a number of substantial refurbishments and expansions on some of its stores, including its stores in Bishopstown and Ballyvolane in Cork and in a number of stores in Dublin including Donaghmede, Blanchardstown and Swords.

Dunnes Stores implement a strict social distancing policy in all stores.

In September 2011, the Irish Independent found that Dunnes Stores was selling bra-and-knicker sets for three to six-year-old girls.

Dunnes Stores has padded bras for girls with a 28 to 30-inch chest, which are the typical measurements of nine-year-old girls.