Pettitts SuperValu

The Pettitt family has a long history of retailing in Wexford. In 1946 Cormac Pettitts Grandfather, Jack Pettitt, who was then working with the L&N., took over the Beechville Dairy in Wexfords main street, one of the premises formerly owned by his grandfather. From here he ran a counter service store until 1965 when he purchased the premises next door, merged them together and pioneered the first self-service operation in Wexford. In 1974, Jack Pettitt went on the expansion trail when he acquired his third main street premises, increased the total size to 2,300sq.ft. In 1975, a new acquisition was added in the form of a 4,000 sq.ft. supermarket in St. Aidans Shopping Centre , Wexford. Cormac Pettitts Father - Des Pettitt became responsible for the general management of this store and it has been extended twice bringing its total size to 17,000 sq.ft. In 1978, another store was purchased in Enniscorthy and in 1983 a new supermarket was opened in Gorey. Both have been extended sin...