Roches Stores to pull out of food market

Roches Stores is to pull out of supermarket trading to focus solely on the non-food side of its business, the group announced today.

The existing Roches Stores supermarkets at Blackrock, Co Dublin and Eyre Square, Galway locations will now be operated by Marks & Spencer. The supermarkets in Cork at Patrick Street and Wilton will remain as part of the SuperValu franchise and will be operated by the Caulfield McCarthy Group.