Dunnes Stores, also known as Dunnes, is a retail chain that is based in Dublin, Ireland. The chain primarily sells food, clothes and household wares.
In addition to its main customer base in Ireland, the chain has operations in Great Britain and Spain. The format of the chain's stores include a grocery supermarket operating alongside a clothing/textiles store. The grocery operation only operates in Irish stores and some Northern Irish stores, alt...
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Dunnes Stores, also known as Dunnes, is a retail chain that is based in Dublin, Ireland. The chain primarily sells food, clothes and household wares.
In addition to its main customer base in Ireland, the chain has operations in Great Britain and Spain. The format of the chain's stores include a grocery supermarket operating alongside a clothing/textiles store. The grocery operation only operates in Irish stores and some Northern Irish stores, although some limited grocery ranges can be found in the Spanish stores. However some stores contain only textiles, while some (more rarely) contain only a supermarket.
Many products are sold under the St. Bernard brand.
The Patrick Street store opened on 31 March 1944, in Cork City. On opening day, such was the demand to shop at the new store, Gardaí were called to control the crowds of shoppers. The sheer pressure of the crowd forced a window in. No one was seriously injured.
Early ads for the Patrick Street store emphasised Ben Dunne's promise...
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