Mr Price group appeals decision over selling groceries in same retail park as Dunnes Stores

There is a clause in the retail park lease which prohibits a competing supermarket to operate alongside the anchor tenant, Dunnes.

The groceries Mr Price is not allowed to sell include healthcare products, household and cleaning products; pet care and pet food; bathroom toiletries; hair care products, detergents; washing powder; cleaning products; shampoos; toothbrushes; toothpaste; kitchen towels and toilet rolls.

The “Mr Price” group is to appeal a High Court ruling that it cannot sell certain grocery items from a store in a retail park where Dunnes Stores is the anchor tenant.

Last month, Mr Justice Mark Sanfey ruled that Dafora Unlimited Co. was in breach of its lease at Barrow Valley Retail Park on the Carlow/Laois border by selling certain items from its Mr Price store in the centre.