Phil Smith appointed MD of Musgrave GB

27 June 2007

Musgrave Group, partner to entrepreneurial food retailers and foodservice professionals, today, 27 June 2007, announces the appointment of Phil Smith as Managing Director of Musgrave Great Britain and to the Board of Musgrave Group Plc with effect from September 2007. Martin Hyson, who has been interim Managing Director since November 2006 will take up the new Musgrave role of Group Business Development Director.

Phil most recently served as Commercial and Operations Director for the UK national lottery operator, Camelot Plc. Prior to Camelot, Phil was with Somerfield where he was Group Marketing Director. He previously spent 10 years in leadership roles at Kraft General Foods.

Commenting on the appointment Chris Martin, Musgrave Group CEO said: “Phil joins Musgrave at a very exciting time in the development of our British business. Significant progress has been made, with the Budgens’ divestment programme on schedule and both the Budgens’ and Londis offer reshaped in the past 12 months to meet consumer demand. Phil’s combination of experience in food and in retailing makes him ideally suited to build on recent progress and to lead our business in Great Britain over the coming years.

Chris Martin added; “We are very fortunate to have had Martin Hyson leading the Musgrave GB business. He has been pivotal to developing that business and our Londis and Budgens brands. I am looking forward to continuing to work with him in his new role”

Commenting on his appointment, Phil Smith said: “Musgrave’s unique way of working and supporting retailers, its strong company values and the exciting potential of the business are what attracted me to taking up this challenge. I’m looking forward to working with Budgens and Londis retailers.”

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For further information please contact:

Joe Carmody
Edelman Ireland
00353 1 6789333
086 8058764/087 2302737

Edel Clancy
Musgrave
Director of Communications
00353 21 452 2123/0868523998

Jonathan Smith
Edelman UK
0044 207 344 1200

Notes to editors:

About Musgrave Group
The Musgrave Group is partner to entrepreneurial food retailers and foodservice professionals in Ireland, the UK and Spain. The company now supports 11 brands and serves more than 3,000 stores in Ireland, the UK and Spain. In 2006 Group sales were €4.6 billion and Group retail turnover was €6.7 billion.

About Musgrave GB
In Great Britain, Musgrave partners with Budgens and Londis retailers.