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Shopping in Northern Ireland

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    #152
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,098 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    muffler wrote: »
    In Asda Strabane tonight - 1 litre bottles Smirnoff for £13 :) (€16.50 - €17.00 max.)
    20 x 330ml bottles Heineken for £13
    15 x 440ml cans Carlsberg for £7 (about €9)
    Good to see they still have the Carlsberg on offer. Bought 3 slabs the last day I was up, need more though! :D

    Smirnoff be handy for festive season at that kinda money.


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    #153
    muffler
    Registered Users Posts: 45,821 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    byte wrote: »
    Good to see they still have the Carlsberg on offer. Bought 3 slabs the last day I was up, need more though! :D
    Yeah good choice. I think I have enough stock piled now in the shed. ;)
    byte wrote: »
    Smirnoff be handy for festive season at that kinda money.
    Handy any time :D

    I got 3 of them but Id be fairly sure one or two could be gone before the festive season ;)


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    #154
    smashey
    Registered Users Posts: 21,676 ✭✭✭✭smashey


    muffler wrote: »
    Yeah good choice. I think I have enough stock piled now in the shed. ;)
    Did you get some Heineken? ;)


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    #155
    muffler
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    smashey wrote: »
    Did you get some Heineken? ;)
    Im not telling you for obvious reasons. :D


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    #156
    ntlbell
    Registered Users Posts: 16,288 ✭✭✭✭ntlbell


    heading from dublin does anyone know what exit i need to take for asda and where it is generally after the exit?


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    #157
    muffler
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    ntlbell wrote: »
    heading from dublin does anyone know what exit i need to take for asda and where it is generally after the exit?
    It might be helpful if you said which town you were going to ;)


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    #158
    zAbbo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,987 ✭✭✭✭zAbbo


    Traffic was horrible this weekend, and I wasn't even going into Newry.

    Damn dubs ;)


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    #159
    ntlbell
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    muffler wrote: »
    It might be helpful if you said which town you were going to ;)

    lol sorry newry :D

    i ended up getting lost and going to dunnes :o


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    #160
    banchang
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    Never again Newry on a bank holiday weekend.

    Had to go x-country thru Crosmaglen to beat the traffic, which wasn't moving, at all. Nothing left on the shelves in Sainsburys at 1545, & it was completely & utterly packed.


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    #161
    Our man in Havana
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    Avoid Newry at all costs leave it to the Dubs. You are better off staying on the A1 to Lisburn and Belfast and spending your money there.


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    #162
    ntlbell
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    banchang wrote: »
    Never again Newry on a bank holiday weekend.

    Had to go x-country thru Crosmaglen to beat the traffic, which wasn't moving, at all. Nothing left on the shelves in Sainsburys at 1545, & it was completely & utterly packed.

    there was a truck and a car broke down there at some point i think thats what caused a lot of it


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    #163
    zAbbo
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    Bond-007 wrote: »
    Avoid Newry at all costs leave it to the Dubs. You are better off staying on the A1 to Lisburn and Belfast and spending your money there.

    Traffic still crawls into the two roundabouts, always seems to be road work and single lanes.

    Was up in Belfast twice over the weekend and it was bad, but today was nasty.

    Done a bit of cross country ourselves :)


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    #164
    muffler
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    Bank holiday weekends are always going to be awful especially at this time of year. If you can get to a store early in a mid week morning then you're flying.


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    #165
    delly
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 7,652 Mod ✭✭✭✭delly


    One tip for Newry is to to go straight thru' the roundabout after the end of the motorway. After about KM or two, you take a right hand turn under a rail bridge and this then leads you into the city centre but while also avoiding the traffic on the hill.


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    #166
    jenizzle
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    I went to Belfast on Friday and called into Newry on the way home at about 7pm - t'was pretty quiet. Don't think people realise that Banbridge, Lisburn and Belfast aren't actually that far away from Newry!


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    #167
    Our man in Havana
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    Indeed.

    People can be lazy creatures and as such don't realise that places like Banbridge, Lisburn etc are not far away from Newry at all. Also the shopkeepers in Newry know this and price accordingly.


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    #168
    okidoki987
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    Is there any Asda near Ikea or on way back down to Dublin?


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    #169
    DonJose
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    Just arrived home from shopping at Asda and Tesco in Enniskillen and I'm a happy camper. Bought a 3 months supply of nappies and baby food and I spent roughly £200 on booze as I'm planning a party this month, amongst the booze,

    1 liter Jameson whisky - £17.98
    1 liter Baileys - £13
    1 liter Smifnoff - £13
    15 bottles of Miller 330ml - £7
    20 bottles of Heineken 330ml - £13
    20 bottles of Bud 330ml - £12

    It was well worth the trip and I plan on doing all my major shopping in the north, I reckon I saved at least 25% on my shopping today. Hopefully the only thing I will need to buy in the republic will be daily essentials like milk, bread, eggs and so on.


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    #170
    Our man in Havana
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    okidoki987 wrote: »
    Is there any Asda near Ikea or on way back down to Dublin?
    Downpatrick. Follow the A2 from Belfast to Downpatrick.


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    #171
    Moonbeam
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    Was up in Banbridge on Sunday,it was really nice.
    There were no crowds,no queues and although there are not a lot of shops,what is there is pretty good.
    Went to tescos too,nearly everything is cheaper then tescos here,spent a fortune!


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    #172
    okidoki987
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    Under pressure timewise don't want to deviate that much, any in Banbridge or Newry?


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    #173
    DubDani
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    You don't have to deviate at all. There is an Asda in Belfast almost straight off the M1 (2 minutes max). It's open 24/7.

    Westwood Shopping Centre
    Kennedy Way
    Belfast
    BT11

    P.S. There is none in Newry or Banbridge


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    #174
    okidoki987
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    Cheers


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    #175
    patmac
    Registered Users Posts: 7,563 ✭✭✭patmac


    Here is a spread sheet of what we bought in ASDA in Enniskillen we saved €211 and the booze isn't included.
    enniskillen trip pat.xls


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    #176
    gally74
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    bravo patmac!!!

    was in enniskilleen on Sunday, it was pretty nuts, big queue's for the tills,

    the two brians should go up there on a weekend and see what people are doing, nobody wants to have to drive to shop but the savings are real!


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    #177
    Funkyzeit
    Registered Users Posts: 1,033 ✭✭✭Funkyzeit


    patmac wrote: »
    Here is a spread sheet of what we bought in ASDA in Enniskillen we saved €211 and the booze isn't included.
    enniskillen trip pat.xls

    You were robbed on the milk of magnesia..!!;)


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    #178
    muffler
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    patmac wrote: »
    Here is a spread sheet of what we bought in ASDA in Enniskillen we saved €211 and the booze isn't included.
    enniskillen trip pat.xls
    Well done patmac. Nice to see it all put together so professionally.






    now print it out and tape it to the doors of the nearest Dunnes and Tescos stores :D


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    #179
    okidoki987
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    Good report patmac.
    You should stick the booze on it and see how much of a saving people will get by going up.


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    #180
    muffler
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    I can tell you how much smirnoff vodka is in Asda :D


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    #181
    josh59
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    DubDani wrote: »
    You don't have to deviate at all. There is an Asda in Belfast almost straight off the M1 (2 minutes max). It's open 24/7.

    Westwood Shopping Centre
    Kennedy Way
    Belfast
    BT11

    P.S. There is none in Newry or Banbridge

    And if you have a sat nav the post code to input is BT11 9AP.

    Theres an Asda in Downpatrick as well but it's a fair drive from Newry on fairly narrow roads - I passed through there a few weeks ago and it took a good 40 minutes from Newry.


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