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The People of Trim Rise Up! (article)

  • 05-12-2003 11:31pm
    #1
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭


    This from unison.ie
    CONSUMER demand for cheaper groceries has reached such a pitch that residents in Trim got together to petition for a Lidl supermarket to be built in their town.

    More than 2,000 signatures have been collected in support of a Lidl store in Trim by a local committee headed by Mags McGivern, which encouraged Meath County Council to change their planning guidelines to permit such developments.

    Residents showed strong support for a new discount store, claiming that people were travelling to shop at Lidl stores in Blanchardstown and Mullingar.

    Their action came after planning permission was refused for a Lidl store in the town in June, and the German firm has submitted an amended application for a store in the same location.

    "It's not a vendetta against any other supermarket, it's just about getting a choice of shops," Mags McGivern said.

    The new application appears likely to get the green light as long as the design is suitable.

    Sales in Lidl stores nationwide are expected to hit €500m this year, according to 'Checkout' magazine.

    :)

    Mike.


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  • #2
    spongebob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,143 ✭✭✭spongebob


    The same Meath council allowed an exceptionly ugly hotel near the castle around June this year, the power of the brown envelope is greater than the power of the local people , as ever.

    Good luck to the Trim campaigners.

    Lidl are going to build another 2 stores in Galway City I hear, one in the east has been allowed already and the one in the west will be on a site that was turned down by Superquinn.

    M


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