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The face of the Galway supermarket sector is set to change dramatically in the next few months after Tesco Ireland announced the acquisition of ten Joyce’s Supermarkets retail stores based in Galway. However, the acquisition is subject to the approval of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC).

Tesco Ireland has today announced the acquisition of ten Joyce’s Supermarkets retail stores based in Galway. The acquisition is subject to the approval of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC).

Tesco has announced that long serving members of staff are on ‘inflexible contracts’ and are demanding that they take wage cuts. Tom Moran, the People Before Profit General Election candidate, has claimed: “This move reflects the true nature of the Irish recovery — it is being built on a low wage economy. About 1,000 members of Tesco staff are affected and it would mean a cut of €2.35 (16.5 per cent) per hour for workers earning €14.31. Over a whole year, it would lead to a minimum reduction of €6,591 per worker."

Tesco Ireland has announced the launch of an exciting initiative, Tesco Community Fund, which will see €1million donated annually to local good causes throughout Ireland. TV presenter, Kathryn Thomas, met with the store managers from Mayo recently, to support the launch of the initiative and is calling on all local good causes in Mayo to get involved. Every six weeks, each Tesco store in Mayo will donate up to €1,000 (€500 in smaller stores) between three local good causes in its local community. Customers will decide how the funding is shared by voting for their preferred cause in store. From this week on, every time customers shop in any Tesco store in Mayo, they will receive a token of goodwill to place in the donation box of the local good cause they would most like to support. Every six weeks, the number of tokens is counted and up to €1,000 is distributed proportionally between three local good causes. The more tokens a local good cause gets the larger share of the donation they will receive.

Local lamb farmer Al Murphy, based just outside of Ballinasloe, Co Galway, will see his photo featured on the front of Finest* West of Ireland Lamb products in Tesco stores across Ireland as part of the retailer’s campaign to highlight its support for Irish suppliers.

Over the weekend Tesco unveiled a new line of low cost goods aimed at taking on Aldi and Lidl.

Tesco Ireland this Wednesday reopened its stores in County Mayo, unveiling a radical price shift which brings reduced grocery prices to consumers in the county. The move follows the highly successful launch of the price programme in nine border towns last month.

Tesco Ireland has recently reopened its Golden Island store in Athlone unveiling a radical price shift which brings reduced grocery prices to consumers in County Westmeath. The move follows the highly successful launch of the price programme in 51 stores to date in counties Louth, Cavan, Monaghan, Sligo, Donegal, Roscommon, Mayo, Galway, Meath, and Dublin.

The opening of the new Tesco store in Ballinasloe on Monday October 12 will create 50 new jobs in the town. The new Tesco Ballinasloe store located in the Dunlo Town Centre will replace the existing Tesco store on the Sarsfield Road, which will close for business on Sunday October 11 at 6pm. The existing workforce already employed by Tesco in Ballinasloe will transfer over to the new store.