 Sainsbury's had opened two stores at Ballymena and Forestside by the time Tesco completed the Stewarts purchase, and opened seven more between then and 2003.Safeway formed Safeway Stores Ireland along with Fitzwilton, taking over a number of former stores of Wellworths.The Republic of Ireland stores (Powers Supermarkets trading as Quinnsworth and Crazy Prices) became Tesco Ireland, while the Northern Ireland stores became part of the Tesco core business in the United Kingdom.