Innovation and New Product promotion has been our shop policy since we took over in 1993. This helps to bring new products to the fore, helps to diversify the local farming ang fishing businesses. This is particularly appreciated because both food & drink industries tend to be charcterised by relatively a low growth rate, big money spent in advertising and the tendency to discourage the innovator. The customers like new products - they get bored with standardised symbol store shelving, product range, colour scheme, and even standarised greetings from staff. The customer is encouraged to call and see new products, local cheese producers give a taste of home for alot of customers, country salty butter bring back reminiscence.

Some comments that one hears in the shop on a weekly basis area as follows

• "This place is great with friendly people. I have a good time in the checkout line, because they start conversations with you"

• "I absolutely love this place. I go in here all the time for lunch. The people are nice and talk to you while they make your food and ..."

• "I used to go to this shop as a child. They still provide a service to the locals that is needed in the area. They have many items"

• "I always meet other people in O'Keeffes shop - in fact I have often spent 15 - 20 minutes talking to another shopper in it"

• Opening hours: Monday to Sunday 7:30am until 10pm.
  Opening hours on Bank Holidays may be reduced from the above.
  Closed Christmas day.
  
  

O'Keeffes shop is located on:
2/3 Wellington road, St Lukes Cross, Cork city, Ireland.
It is approximately 1 km from Cork city center.

• Must admit I was a happy camper after a recent visit to O'Keeffe's (St Luke's), a treasure trove of top class artisan foods. The produce is mainly local but one of my purchases was a pack of Hazer Baba Turkish Delight, all the way from Istanbul. Read full review

• A rare gem honoured - Cork news Read full review

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Store front

There has been a shop on 2/3 Wellington road since the 1800's. Thomas O'Mahony Accountant bought the Grocery Shop in 1899 as a going concern from An Ellen Whelan and his family ran it as well as two other businesses at the St Luke's Cross.

St. lukes cross is the junction of five arteries, these are Wellington road, Middle Glanmire Road, Summer hill road, Ballyhooly road and Mahony's Avenue. The first time it appears on a city map is in the 1832 Holt Map of Cork city.

The Cork Butter Market opened in 1770 and continued trading for 150 years. It brought great wealth to Cork.