Pat Quinn (businessman)
Irish businessman, founder of the Quinnsworth supermarket chain / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pat Quinn (1 July 1935 ā 23 November 2009) was an Irish publican, hotelier, music promoter, storyteller,[1] former millionaire and founder of the Quinnsworth group, Ireland's first supermarket chain.[2] He invented the term "yellow pack".[dubious ā discuss] According to The Irish Times, he was "one of the country's best-known business figures in the 1960s and 1970s", "the whizz kid of the Irish grocery business" and "a well-known figure in the Irish-Canadian community" at his death.[3] He worked, honeymooned and eventually settled with his family in Toronto. The Toronto Sun described him as "County Leitrim's favourite son".[4]
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Pat Quinn | |
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Born | (1935-07-01)1 July 1935 |
Died | 23 November 2009(2009-11-23) (aged 74) |
Occupation | Founder of Quinnsworth |
Spouse | Anne |
Children | Bernard, Patrick, Lisa, Gavin, Paul, Tanya, Barry-John |
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