ALDI Coming to Limerick

Chong

Just wondering does anyone happen to know when they are opening in Limerick.

1huge1

as far as i know its supposed to be coming to the old krups site (i think thats across the road from LIDL)

incisor71

Yep, that'd be just off the Roxboro roundabout.

hobie

old krups site

that's just across the road from 'Crazy Prices' .... do they still call it that? or is it Tesco's now?

Chong

Ya I have been hearing that for the past year or so , I what I would like to know is when is it actually coming like.

irishguy

was up there two weeks ago and its built they are just finishing it off. I would say it will be early January

billy the squid

hobie wrote:

that's just across the road from 'Crazy Prices' .... do they still call it that? or is it Tesco's now?

it is tesco now.

hobie

it is tesco now

cheers ....

Enright

Just passed the old krups palnt and ALDI have a big new sign up, dont know when its opening

vkid

1st week of february i heard..building complete and handed over apparently to aldi. Some more retail units in the hotel building being wworked on now. Plan looks very nice. Supposed to be big plans for that side of town once the halting site is moved which is soon enough

1huge1

ya that side of limerick is getting everything (which is good for me)
with the childers rd sc just down the road and the parkway and superquinn not to mention a short drive to the cresent

irishguy

vkid wrote:

1st week of february i heard..building complete and handed over apparently to aldi. Some more retail units in the hotel building being wworked on now. Plan looks very nice. Supposed to be big plans for that side of town once the halting site is moved which is soon enough

They are moving that? Any more info about those developments? I was wondering why a new hotel was going in that area isnt the nicest part of town

mimix

irishguy wrote:

They are moving that? Any more info about those developments? I was wondering why a new hotel was going in that area isnt the nicest part of town

Its not the nicest part of town due to lack of amenities and historic segregation.

If the council/corporation did what they are trying to do now and integrate the not so well off areas and people with the more well off, This City would be much more plesent.

Council estates were developed and centralised in certain areas of the city and county in the 60s/70s leaving city center and most other parts of suberbia to devleop into what we have now (mini towns).

If integration was initiated from the outset we would not have the squaller we now have in the thomandgate/roxboro type areas.

I live in one of the better areas of the City so my views are just my opinion.

To invest in areas like LEDP roxboro road can only create local employment and make this area a better place to live.

irishguy

mimix wrote:

Its not the nicest part of town due to lack of amenities and historic segregation.

If the council/corporation did what they are trying to do now and integrate the not so well off areas and people with the more well off, This City would be much more plesent.

Council estates were developed and centralised in certain areas of the city and county in the 60s/70s leaving city center and most other parts of suberbia to devleop into what we have now (mini towns).

If integration was initiated from the outset we would not have the squaller we now have in the thomandgate/roxboro type areas.

I live in one of the better areas of the City so my views are just my opinion.

To invest in areas like LEDP roxboro road can only create local employment and make this area a better place to live.

Agreed but i just found it strange that a private investor would put money into a hotel that when built would have a view of derelict/burned out warehouses, a halting site, dual carriageway, poorly kept housing estates and located on an industrial site, it doesn’t seem the best site for a hotel.
I didn’t know that there were plans to redevelop this area, if done properly it would really benefit the people in this area and Limerick as a whole.

mimix

irishguy wrote:

Agreed but i just found it strange that a private investor would put money into a hotel that when built would have a view of derelict/burned out warehouses, a halting site, dual carriageway, poorly kept housing estates and located on an industrial site, it doesn’t seem the best site for a hotel.
I didn’t know that there were plans to redevelop this area, if done properly it would really benefit the people in this area and Limerick as a whole.

Yes this whole area is to be developed, the area where the halting site is and the fields beyond are to be developed in the future.

From what I have heard Chorus/CERT/Lets do coffee Cafe i.e the old Krups plant is to be leveled for the site is to be used more efficiently in the form of enterprise blocks.

BTW to keep the op alive Aldi is to open in the next 2 weeks

Forgive the ideology I have not heard this, but if they could remove the roxboro shopping center and its impending shambles of a car park, the site coupled with the now closed down TBA facility , could be used to create an amazing development maybe including a B&Q that can be seen from the road.:D

Amazotheamazing

mimix wrote:

Its not the nicest part of town due to lack of amenities and historic segregation.

If the council/corporation did what they are trying to do now and integrate the not so well off areas and people with the more well off, This City would be much more plesent.

Council estates were developed and centralised in certain areas of the city and county in the 60s/70s leaving city center and most other parts of suberbia to devleop into what we have now (mini towns).

If integration was initiated from the outset we would not have the squaller we now have in the thomandgate/roxboro type areas.

I live in one of the better areas of the City so my views are just my opinion.

To invest in areas like LEDP roxboro road can only create local employment and make this area a better place to live.

Tbf, both those areas are improving every year, agree they were badly let down by successive council/governments but since virtually full-employment came to Ireland in the late 1990's these areas have improved year on year.

However, areas like Moyross and Southill, considering where this hotel is going, seem to be stagnant or even getting worse. Might be just my misconceptions though, I've never been through Southill, and never hung about Moyross much either.

Inge Binge

Amazotheamazing wrote:

I've never been through Southill, and never hung about Moyross much either.

Get the train to Ennis and you travel through Moyross... With a bit of luck you get the real Myross-feeling when they throw stones at the passing train. Happened many times to me.

IB

sioda

I know getting ALDI at the south side of town is great but go we really need more traffic I mean on saturday the traffic from new dunnes stretched all the way to the roxboro roundabout. Surely the northside could do with low cost shopping

1huge1

sioda wrote:

I know getting ALDI at the south side of town is great but go we really need more traffic I mean on saturday the traffic from new dunnes stretched all the way to the roxboro roundabout. Surely the northside could do with low cost shopping

ya they never should of put up traffic lights at the entrance to childers rd sc
traffic is always bad there

hobie

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Raiser

Seems they have good car stuff there at the moment.....

hobie

Last I heard was Lmk opening in Feb .....

There is some great Rugby gear coming up next thursday ... 4 nations gear ....

see it on this link ...select "Thursday special buys ....)

http://ireland.aldi.com/


Now where is my map for Ennis ? ...

1huge1

wasnt it feb12th
anyway are they cheaper than maplins when it comes to electronics?(same question aswell for lidl)

hobie

Never been to ALDI yet but have bought loads of gear from LIDL .... drills ...grinders ...clocks .... weather/temperature gadgets .... saws ...... water pumps .... hot air guns .... drill bits and tools .... radio's .... mini ovens etc and I think the prices are great ..... only problem is they are all specials and only come up once a year or maybe twice, (typically) and when they are sold out that's it

I like Maplins and they have a great selection of 'what they do' .... not sure about their prices being as low as LIDL but they are still very reasonable ....

Raiser

They open yet ? ha, ha, ha?

Chong

u think it would be by now

irishguy

Willem D wrote:

u think it would be by now

open 23rd

Chong

Hoorah , now I can get more crappy German food.

kyp_durron

Hooray for crappy german food!!

Chong

Oh and not forgetting their speciality in electronics.

Inge Binge

ALDI's flyer ("Special Offer") in today's "Irish Independent" says the Limerick store opens 23/02/2006!

IB

irishguy

Inge Binge wrote:

ALDI's flyer ("Special Offer") in today's "Irish Independent" says the Limerick store opens 23/02/2006!

IB

Ahem i think i said that :rolleyes:

hobie

here's the 'Specials' you can expect to see on opening day ....

http://ireland.aldi.com/

hit the link for 'Thursday Special Buys 23rd February 2006'

how about a cement mixer !!!!

Inge Binge

irishguy wrote:

Ahem i think i said that :rolleyes:

Please accept my apologies, master!

Your humble servant,
IB

irishguy

Inge Binge wrote:

Please accept my apologies, master!

Your humble servant,
IB

Its ok ill leave you off.....this time

hobie

Its ok ill leave you off.....this time

so does that mean 'no fisty-cuffs at the crack of dawn' ....

1huge1

past it for the 1st time today (usually go daul carriage out to cresent or whatever)
wasn't exactly were i thought it was, very close though i thought it was on the road between the kilmallock roundabout and the roundabout beside tesco on the left
would of been good there
but 100m down the road is no big deal

Raiser

How about now ? They open now ? Ha? Ha? HA?












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Chong

Are u saying that they are open now ya?

scuba steve

theyre open Thursday arent they? The 23rd

1huge1

Willem D wrote:

Are u saying that they are open now ya?

dont mind him its thursday for sure
even said it on their flyer

Chong

Cool, going to have pop out and see wat its like.

Jumpy

Its open, and once again the council ****ed up.
The traffic lights dont change unless someone presses the button, and every car park, including the other companies there are full.
The exit has one lane, with pedestrian lights only and everyone wants to turn right, so it jams up the exit for about 3 mins per car.
Well done whoever gave planning permission, tools.

hobie

I wonder if it's better to park down the road (by the Plumbing supply center) and walk across? ....

Parking around the whole area sounds crap !!!!

haven't been up there for ages so not really looking forward to checking out ALDI .... :cool:

Chong

Where abouts is it actually. The old krups site ya?

bazz26

Willem D wrote:

Where abouts is it actually. The old krups site ya?

Yes but not the old Krups building itself. You come in the entrance of Krupts/Corus but it is on your right next to the new hotel that is also being built there.

The traffic was insane there today. I was coming in the N21 southern bypass and the traffic was built up from the Carew Park roundabout the whole way into Roxboro. Lucky for me I stay on the N21 towards Castletroy on the way home.

Another master plan in traffic management by our city council.

1huge1

anyone else think that the aldi sign was a bit hidden?
you wouldnt really notice it unless your looking for it imo
they should of put the sign more out on the road like lidls and you cant see the building from the road at all can you?
anyway by the sounds of it the store sells good products so i must try it

bazz26

1huge1 wrote:

anyone else think that the aldi sign was a bit hidden?
you wouldnt really notice it unless your looking for it imo
they should of put the sign more out on the road like lidls and you cant see the building from the road at all can you?
anyway by the sounds of it the store sells good products so i must try it

Yeah, that old Krupts pepple dashed wall running around the outside should be taken away. It looks terrible and hides any notion there is a super market (and soon to be hotel) behind it.

Jumpy

bazz26 wrote:

Yeah, that old Krupts pepple dashed wall running around the outside should be taken away. It looks terrible and hides any notion there is a super market (and soon to be hotel) behind it.

Its right next to Southhill.....Are you Insane?!!!?

Chong

Ok so I went out there this evening, and I have to say its pretty sh!te. I knew I shouldnt have expected much but I feel Lidl is better, in saying that though , both suck.

hobie

Shopping in LIDL (and I guess ALDI) involves a 'learning Curve' .... it's good fun and you can get some real bargains once you know the ropes, but don't expect to do your weekly shopping there .... too few items/choices for that ....