For the past few days, people sitting at home or at work in the greater Cork city area have had the option of ordering their grocery shopping from Lidl through the Buymie app – the start-up’s first Irish foray outside its home city of Dublin. Buymie had previously entered the UK market in Bristol in May. Between the three cities, the online platform also offers deliveries from Tesco, Asda and Co-op stores. Eamonn Quinn became chairman of Buymie two years ago after his family invested in the company. Between this and other ventures, the chief venture capitalist among the heirs…

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