22 Facts About Tesco Ireland

Tesco Ireland is the Irish subsidiary of supermarket group Tesco.

Tesco Ireland was formed by Tesco plc's 1997 purchase of the Irish retailing operations of Associated British Foods, namely Powers' Supermarkets Limited and its subsidiaries, trading as "Quinnsworth" and "Crazy Prices".

Tesco Ireland operated a number of 24-hour stores but have abandoned 24-hour opening as of 2014 with all stores closed from 12 midnight to 6 am.

Tesco Ireland became a wholly owned subsidiary of Associated British Foods plc.

Crazy Prices was one of the first retailers in Tesco Ireland to introduce late night opening on Wednesdays, dubbing this night "Crazy Night" and running special in-store promotions.

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On 6 May 1997, Tesco Ireland acquired the retailing and supply chain operations of Associated British Foods - with the sole exception of Primark - for £643 million.

Tesco Ireland has moved into the convenience store market, with the first a converted Quinnsworth in Drumcondra, opened as a "Tesco Local".

Tesco Ireland has come in for increased criticism for apparently high prices in its Irish stores.

Tesco Ireland increased the prices of some well-known products significantly just weeks into 2011 before reducing them as part of a 1,000-product price promotion launched in March 2011.

Tesco Ireland was one of seven shops fined for failing to display prices properly by the National Consumer Agency in July 2008.

Sheikh Dr Shaheed Satardien, head of the Muslim Council of Tesco Ireland, said this was effectively "polluting the minds of impressionable young [Islamic] people with hate and anger towards the Jewish community".

Tesco Ireland tried to hide its policy of buying directly from UK suppliers.

Tesco Ireland used the slogan "Change for Good" as advertising, which is trademarked by Unicef for charity usage but is not trademarked for commercial or retail use which prompted the agency to say "it is the first time in Unicef's history that a commercial entity has purposely set out to capitalise on one of our campaigns and subsequently damage an income stream which several of our programmes for children are dependent on".

Tesco Ireland was the subject of claims in February 2010 of demanding up to €500,000 per supplier for stocking goods.

In early 2011, Tesco Ireland warned Irish publishers that it would ban their books from its shelves if they did not comply with its rules.

Tesco Ireland said "if we find evidence of this happening, the offending publisher will have all their titles removed from sale and returned".

Tesco Ireland was convicted of a breach of consumer law for not displaying the right price of goods in October 2011.

In January 2012, a former Tesco Ireland employee was awarded damages at the Employment Appeals Tribunal where he claimed there was a link between his dismissal and his HIV status.

In February 2013 it was reported that staff at a Tesco Ireland warehouse were made to wear digital arm-band devices that monitor their performance.

Tesco Ireland pleaded guilty and was fined, after sending unsolicited marketing emails to a number of customers and for having a problem with the email "opt-out" option.

Food Safety Authority of Ireland, has on a number of occasions ordered the recall of Tesco branded products, including a case of glass contamination.

On 26 October 2007, Tesco Ireland announced that 'An extensive range of Tesco Mobile prepay handsets will be rolled out to 48 Tesco stores from Monday 29 October'.