page_title: Dunnes Stores
section_title: 2000s–2020
hierarchical_section_title: Dunnes Stores / History / 2000s–2020
caption_attribution_description: Dunnes Stores Ashbourne, Co. Meath, Ireland.
context_page_description: Dunnes Stores is an Irish multinational retail chain that primarily sells food, clothes and household wares.
  In addition to its main customer base in Ireland, the chain also has operations in Spain, and formerly in England and Scotland. 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 contain only a supermarket. Dunnes Stores' original own brand of groceries was sold under the St Bernard brand for many years, becoming an Irish household name, but was rebranded as "My Family Favourites" in 2013.
context_section_description: By the start of the 2000s, Dunnes' network had grown to more than 120 stores. In 2000, it launched a new store format, adapting the American-style convenience store concept for the Dublin market. By 2001, the company had opened a second store featuring the smaller format and had registered a new subsidiary name, Better Value Conveniently Yours Ltd., in what some observers saw as the company's intent on expanding its convenience store operations. In the meantime, Dunnes continued to open new stores, bringing its total to 125 stores. After entering Scotland for the first time in 2000, the company announced its intention to boost the number of British Dunnes stores by up to 25 by 2005.
  The company was said to have held buyout talks in 2000 with U.S. retail giant Wal-Mart, which had expressed an interest in entering Ireland. The Dunne family, however, decided to retain control of their business.
  In 2003, the Irish government at last appointed an authorized officer to look into Dunnes Stores' records. While the results of that investigation were to remain private, it nonetheless represented a new intrusion for the company's carefully guarded privacy. That same desire for privacy had reportedly led the company to quash a story slated to appear about Dunnes Stores in the Irish Independent, which allegedly chose not to run the story in order to safeguard the yearly €1.6 million in advertising revenues provided by Dunnes Stores.
  In 2007, the company opened a new flagship store in Henry Street, Dublin. Also in 2007, architect Arthur Gibney & Partners designed a large commercial development on South Great George’s Street, Dublin as Headquarters for Dunnes Stores, which entailed the removal of some buildings and facade retention of several others, including the former Dunlop Factory on Stephen Street, and the Connolly Shoes building. The building has a dramatic glass corner atrium leading to an internal street through the development. The facade to George’s Street respects existing building heights.
  In recent years, Dunnes Stores has continued to consistently maintain a top-three market share in Ireland's grocery market, alongside SuperValu and Tesco. Combined, these three supermarket chains account for approximately 70% of Ireland's grocery market. 
  The company owns 50% of the Asian fast food chain, Neon.
  In spring 2018, Dunnes Stores confirmed the closure of all stores in Britain.
  In 2018, Dunnes Stores commenced with a number of revamps and expansions on some of its stores with some, such as in Bishopstown and Ballyvolane in Cork and in a number of stores in Dublin including Donaghmede, Blanchardstown and Swords, all these being quite substantial multi-million-euro expansions.
  2019 saw the openening of new stores in Naas, Ilac Centre and the refurbishment of stores in Jetland and Briarhill. Also in 2019 Dunnes Stores celebrated 75 years of business. 
  Dunnes Stores opened their first Beauty Department in their Jetland Store ‘Dunnes Beauty’. 
  Dunnes Stores have been voted Ireland’s Number 1 supermarket each month for 2019, making them Ireland’s most popular supermarket. This continues on in 2020 with Dunnes Stores still being Ireland’s most popular supermarket. Dunnes Stores have continued  with  their popular voucher system in Ireland, “Shop & Save”, giving you €10 for every €50 you spend on groceries in their supermarkets. This scheme is extremely popular with Irish consumers leading to Dunnes maintaining a strong and loyal relationship with their customers. 
  In larger Dunnes Stores there usually consists of one of the following cafes: Cafe Sol, Dunnes Stores Cafe or Baxter & Greene Market Cafe.  
  In the recently refurbished Dunnes Stores supermarkets there now contains a number of concessions including James Whelan Butchers, Sheridan’s Cheesemongers and Baxter & Greene Markets Delis. 
  The main domestic competitors in the supermarket business are Tesco, SuperValu, Lidl and Aldi.
  In clothing, their rivals include Penneys, Marks and Spencer and Debenhams. 
  Dunnes collaborate for many clothing/home wares collections from a number of
caption: Dunnes Stores in Ashbourne
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