Spar branded firelog - €1 at EuroSpar

JohnCleary

Just spotted this on the TV, Spar selling own brand firelogs for €1. Does anyone know if they're anything in comparison to the Bord na Mona ones? I know the Centra ones are a little smaller than Bord na Mona but do the job.

TBH i'd only use them to be starting a proper fire so as long as they lit for even a little while they'd do, but if they're totally sh1te then wouldn't bother buying them.

Bord na Mona ones are around €2.50 so potential bargain?

Eurospar Firelogs, 1.1KG from http://www.eurospar.ie/default.asp
Anyone know whaty a BNM Firelog weighs?

Gran Hermano

Aldi & Lidl sell their own brand firelogs - priced around €1.79
and I find they burn for 2+ hours same as the more expensive firelogs.

JohnCleary

Gran Hermano wrote: »

Aldi & Lidl sell their own brand firelogs - priced around €1.79
and I find they burn for 2+ hours same as the more expensive firelogs.

Thank's for that - don't suppose you know if they sell them in bulk for cheaper?

Still the Spar offer is great compared to Lidl/Aldi - €1!

opo

Tried them. Excellent firelog and 1,1Kg to boot. Supervalu one was no comparison. Get a few.

dh0661

I enquired about these €1-00 fire-logs in our local Spar. Shop assistant did not know anything about them. I asked owner/manager she replied "we are not doing that offer".
Bye bye local Spar shop, I'll not be back.

Bondvillain

dh0661 wrote: »

I enquired about these €1-00 fire-logs in our local Spar. Shop assistant did not know anything about them. I asked owner/manager she replied "we are doing that offer".
Bye bye local Spar shop, I'll not be back.

I'm not sure from your post if the manager said they were doing the offer and you are refusing to shop there because ther seems to be a breakdown in staff communication, or there's a typo in your post & you aren't shopping there because you believe you were mislead by the ad, and they weren't doing the offer, but isn't this a particular "EuroSpar" deal as opposed to "corner-shop" spar deal?

Would that be the reason for them not doing it if that's what you were told?

dh0661

Bondvillain wrote: »

Would that be the reason for them not doing it if that's what you were told?

Sorry about the typo, edited since.
I did not realise it was a Euro Spar offer, I was listening to a radio advert before I went to the shop and all I heard was fire-logs @ €1-00, must have a listen again
Shop manager did not expand on "we're not doing that offer". If she did I probably would not have posted here.

grimm2005

They have this offer at all the regular newsagent spars in town (not eurospar) so they should be doing it. I've noticed this sort of offer irregularities in londis aswell. 30c this week for a 500ml pepsi max but in the one at the top of o connell street they didn't have any sort of offers

faoile@n

It seems a good offer but i find Spar overpriced for most items at the best of times and tend to avoid.

Bondvillain

dh0661 wrote: »

I did not realise it was a Euro Spar offer, I was listening to a radio advert before I went to the shop and all I heard was fire-logs @ €1-00, must have a listen again
Shop manager did not expand on "we're not doing that offer". If she did I probably would not have posted here.

Im not sure that it is exclusively a Eurospar offer myself, it's just that I know from experience that my local (mini) spar doesnt stock them and never has, and they aren't currently doing some of the other €1 offers that are advertised in that ad either (lucozade and sammiges) , whereas the Eurospar next town over is.

Just thought that may be an explanation.

opo

Bondvillain wrote: »

Im not sure that it is exclusively a Eurospar offer myself, it's just that I know from experience that my local (mini) spar doesnt stock them and never has, and they aren't currently doing some of the other €1 offers that are advertised in that ad either (lucozade and sammiges) , whereas the Eurospar next town over is.

Just thought that may be an explanation.

My local spar in crumlin on agnes park is not a Eurospar but they are selling the logs for a €1. They do the one euro Lucozade too.

Basq

Went into my local Spar yesterday and picked up 4 of these for €4.

Bargain.. and great for a long lasting fire!

Light a Firelog with a bit of coal and you'll get 4 - 5 hours of heat out of it.

JohnCleary

basquille wrote: »

Went into my local Spar yesterday and picked up 4 of these for €4.

Bargain.. and great for a long lasting fire!

Light a Firelog with a bit of coal and you'll get 4 - 5 hours of heat out of it.

Which Spar, the one on Pearse Rd?

the groutch

these offers are for a local spar, those who arent doing the offers should be named and shamed

Gran Hermano

The website the OP listed details how to find your nearest store:
http://www.eurospar.ie/locations/default.asp

JohnCleary

Gran Hermano wrote: »

The website the OP listed details how to find your nearest store:
http://www.eurospar.ie/locations/default.asp

Also checkout the Spar website (www.spar.ie ?) as I found these Firelogs at SPAR aswell as EUROSPAR shops, and there's a lot more Spar shops around the country

Gary ITR

the groutch wrote: »

these offers are for a local spar, those who arent doing the offers should be named and shamed

Each Spar is indivdually owned and run. They don't have to go with these promotions. I'm sure the ads all say 'available at participating outlets'

askU

Gran Hermano wrote: »

Aldi & Lidl sell their own brand firelogs - priced around €1.79
and I find they burn for 2+ hours same as the more expensive firelogs.

U'd be lucky to get 50mins!

Basq

JohnCleary wrote: »

Which Spar, the one on Pearse Rd?

Well.. not quite local. But I went to Mullen's on the Bundoran Road.

Girlfriend tried Glynn's last week, and they had none.

JohnCleary

basquille wrote: »

Well.. not quite local. But I went to Mullen's on the Bundoran Road.

Girlfriend tried Glynn's last week, and they had none.

Is Glynn's the one on Pearse Road? If so, they had none because I bought them all

Basq

JohnCleary wrote: »

Is Glynn's the one on Pearse Road? If so, they had none because I bought them all

Yeah, the one at the top of Pearse Road opposite the Sligo Park.

You sonofabitch!

If anyone else in Sligo is looking, they've loads out at Mullen's on the Bundoran road.

JohnCleary

basquille wrote: »

You sonofabitch!

If anyone else in Sligo is looking, they've loads out at Mullen's on the Bundoran road.

I try

Is that the Spar at the petrol station (Esso??) just the Bundoran side of the Statoil on the main Bundoran Road??

Basq

JohnCleary wrote: »

Is that the Spar at the petrol station (Esso??) just the Bundoran side of the Statoil on the main Bundoran Road??

Yep, that's the one!

The petrol station after the Topaz.

JohnCleary

basquille wrote: »

Yep, that's the one!

The petrol station after the Topaz.

Cheers, just around the corner from me

rco2000

SPAR IN TUAM - 12 EURO FOR 12 FIRELOGS (SOLD AS A CASE) FANTASTIC VALUE EVENTHOUGH THEY ARE NOT AS GOOD AS THE BORD NA MONA...THEY SAY THAT THEY WILL BURN FOR CIRCA 2 HOURS. HOWEVER I FIND THEY LAST JUST OVER 1 HOUR. STILL GOOD VALUE.:D