Grocery shopping - all things irish

ilovesleep

Think this might be a good idea for a thread. Its so important more than ever before to shop irish. I have raided by fridge and presses and checked my receipts for all things irish.

Heres my list:
tayto
snowballs
supervalu cranberry juice
brennans bread
supervalu milk
supervalu cheese
supervalu ham slices
supervalu mince meat
eggs
mushrooms
flahavans porridge.

thats it for now.

Raid your fridge and presses and come back and tell us what irish things you have.

And if we could all try to include them in our grocery shop that would be great.

galwayrush

I buy what's seems like good value,or on special occasiuons, what i feel like. Don't honestly consider where it's from.

OPENROAD

ilovesleep wrote: »

Think this might be a good idea for a thread. Its so important more than ever before to shop irish. I have raided by fridge and presses and checked my receipts for all things irish.

Heres my list:
tayto
snowballs
supervalu cranberry juice
brennans bread
supervalu milk
supervalu cheese
supervalu ham slices
supervalu mince meat
eggs
mushrooms
flahavans porridge.

thats it for now.

Raid your fridge and presses and come back and tell us what irish things you have.

And if we could all try to include them in our grocery shop that would be great.

If they are competitively priced

fonecrusher1

I DRINK THIS SH!T BY THE BUCKETLOAD!!!

weeeeeeeeeeee!!!

OPENROAD

Anyway Irish items in my fridge

Tesco Milk
Dairygold Butter
Superquinn Eggs
Tesco Mince
Charlville sliced cheese
Wexford sliced chesse

themadchef

I'd love to be buying Irish. Without the likes of Aldi and Lidl coming in though, with cheaper products produced in other countries then we'd still be paying mental prices for everything.

We need to get competive or learn to love food not produced on our own soil.

psycho-hope

themadchef wrote: »

I'd love to be buying Irish. Without the likes of Aldi and Lidl coming in though, with cheaper products produced in other countries then we'd still be paying mental prices for everything.

We need to get competive or learn to love food not produced on our own soil.

Lidl are starting to get a lot of irish products in, I noticed last week, while tesco was selling scottish smoked salmon, lidl was selling irish smoked salmon and thats just for a start

googsy

I try to buy Irish produce whenever possible... One thing that gets me though is since Jacobs closed down I can't find an Irish biscuit anywhere..

wyndham

ilovesleep wrote: »

Think this might be a good idea for a thread. Its so important more than ever before to shop irish. I have raided by fridge and presses and checked my receipts for all things irish.

Heres my list:
tayto
snowballs
supervalu cranberry juice
brennans bread
supervalu milk
supervalu cheese
supervalu ham slices
supervalu mince meat
eggs
mushrooms
flahavans porridge.

thats it for now.

Raid your fridge and presses and come back and tell us what irish things you have.

And if we could all try to include them in our grocery shop that would be great.

Cranberry Juice? Cranberries don't grow here.

Rockery Woman

you cant beat a galtee rasher sandwich made with brennans bread!!!

And eggs from your own hens too! Irish tomatoes are the best too - grow em in the greenhouse in summer yum!!! pure Irish food - cant be beaten!

brianthebard

OPENROAD wrote: »

Anyway Irish items in my fridge

Tesco Milk


Tesco Mince

How do you know these are Irish?

themadchef wrote: »

I'd love to be buying Irish. Without the likes of Aldi and Lidl coming in though, with cheaper products produced in other countries then we'd still be paying mental prices for everything.

We need to get competive or learn to love food not produced on our own soil.

Aldi have **** tons of Irish produce, its easier to buy Irish in Aldi than dunnes imo.

ilovesleep

googsy wrote: »

I try to buy Irish produce whenever possible... One thing that gets me though is since Jacobs closed down I can't find an Irish biscuit anywhere..

That is such a pity. I will be making a conscious effort from now on to buy irish. Looks like any snacks from now on will be tayto chrisps.

googsy

There's a use for the thousands of acres of bog that Bord Na Mona have that's no longer viable for peat production... Bogland is ideal for growing Cranberries.

wyndham wrote: »

Cranberry Juice? Cranberries don't grow here.

ilovesleep

wyndham wrote: »

Cranberry Juice? Cranberries don't grow here.

God damn it - what kind of lies is on supervalus packaging.

googsy

ilovesleep wrote: »

Thats is such a pity. I will be making a conscious effort from now on to buy irish. Looks like any snacks from now on will be tayto chrisps.

Ah yes.. snacks forgot about them. There's a company called "Irish Buscuits" but it's owned by Jacobs and was operated out of Tallaght too... funny

themadchef

psycho-hope wrote: »

Lidl are starting to get a lot of irish products in, I noticed last week, while tesco was selling scottish smoked salmon, lidl was selling irish smoked salmon and thats just for a start

brianthebard wrote: »

Aldi have **** tons of Irish produce, its easier to buy Irish in Aldi than dunnes imo.

I know they have lots of Irish products. My point is they brought the cheaper products first. Without them, Tesco and Dunnes would still be charging what ever they like, regardless of country of origin.

ilovesleep

googsy wrote: »

There's a use for the thousands of acres of bog that Bord Na Mona have that's no longer viable for peat production... Bogland is ideal for growing Cranberries.

There is a business start up idea for somebody.

googsy

ilovesleep wrote: »

There is a business start up idea for somebody.

The Irish Cranberry Juice Company. lol... if only I had the dosh

ilovesleep

googsy wrote: »

The Irish Cranberry Juice Company. lol... if only I had the dosh

I live in a bog - you can use my shed for a factory

brianthebard

brianthebard wrote: »

How do you know these are Irish?.

Their milk has the national dairy council symbol

OPENROAD

brianthebard wrote: »

How do you know these are Irish?





.

It says it on the item

brianthebard

OPENROAD wrote: »

It says it on the item

There's tons of stuff labelled Irish that isn't always, that is only packaged here or whatever.

OPENROAD

brianthebard wrote: »

There's tons of stuff labelled Irish that isn't always, that is only packaged here or whatever.

Has the national dairy council logo on it though.

Giselle

I was given a bottle of ''Irish Cream Liqueur'' that was made in Kiev.

I don't even drink.:(

Mrmoe

Giselle wrote: »

I was given a bottle of ''Irish Cream Liqueur'' that was made in Kiev.

I don't even drink.:(

Pass it along, share the fun:D

ejmaztec

Giselle wrote: »

I was given a bottle of ''Irish Cream Liqueur'' that was made in Kiev.

I don't even drink.:(

To compensate for the Chicken Kievs made in Ireland.

Dionysus

We need to emblazon the tricolour on every single Irish product - yes, all over each one.

Yes, I did get this pathetically tribal nationalistic idea from the Union Jacks which have suddenly been placed over an enormous number of products in my local Tesco....

Dunnes are abysmal when it comes to promoting Irish produce. And as buyers, they treat Irish companies horribly, particularly withholding payment for the maximum length possible knowing that suppliers dare not challenge this. Dunnes have been abusing their position in Irish retail for decades. Superquinn was much better for promoting Irish produce (and culture) when the Quinn family ran it. It's gone downhill since.

TheZohanS

ilovesleep wrote: »

Think this might be a good idea for a thread. Its so important more than ever before to shop irish. I have raided by fridge and presses and checked my receipts for all things irish.

Whilst we're at it we should only include Irish born players in the Irish football team....shouldn't we?

punchdrunk

**slaps to the first person who lists Cadbury**

OPENROAD

Dionysus wrote: »

We need to emblazon the tricolour on every single Irish product - yes, all over each one.

Yes, I did get this pathetically tribal nationalistic idea from the Union Jacks which have suddenly been placed over an enormous number of products in my local Tesco....

Dunnes are abysmal when it comes to promoting Irish produce. And as buyers, they treat Irish companies horribly, particularly withholding payment for the maximum length possible knowing that suppliers dare not challenge this. Dunnes have been abusing their position in Irish retail for decades. Superquinn was much better for promoting Irish produce (and culture) when the Quinn family ran it. It's gone downhill since.

Not in my Tesco store. And remember Tesco is a UK store, go abroad and you can be sure Irish companies will promote Irish goods abroad.

Again if Irish products/ shops are price competitive but when you have Irish shops that are more expensive, why should you pay the more expensive price, they also have to compete with the internet these days, again if you can save significantly online, why would you buy in store?

Sergeant

I realise many people either don't like or haven't tried blue cheese, but Cashel Blue cheese is a world-class product produced in Ireland.

Ballymaloe relish seems to go with everything from the fry-up to the late night sandwich.

Dionysus

brianthebard wrote: »

There's tons of stuff labelled Irish that isn't always, that is only packaged here or whatever.

How true. During the pork scare two years ago all these well-known "Irish" sausage brands finally came out and declared that their pork was not Irish. If you look at their labels now, they say 'Pork Sausages' rather than 'Irish Pork Sausages', despite their long-established Irish brand names like Kearns and Olhausen.

JONJO THE MISER

Aldi has the most Irish supplied products of any supermarket.

ilovesleep

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Aldi has the most Irish supplied products of any supermarket.

If I didnt love supervalu so much I would shop in Aldi.

CrazyRabbit

I currently don't have any food in my fridge. Until tomorrow, I'm living off Christmas cake, Oxford Lunch, Pringles & some ice cream.

OPENROAD

ilovesleep wrote: »

If I didnt love supervalu so much I would shop in Aldi.

How much do Supervalu charge for a 2ltr Milk?

ilovesleep

OPENROAD wrote: »

How much do Supervalu charge for a 2ltr Milk?

Dont know about 2Ltr but for supervalu own brand 1Ltr is .79 cent.

Dionysus

OPENROAD wrote: »

How much do Supervalu charge for a 2ltr Milk?

I'd imagine it changes in each store depending on competition as they're independently owned. My local SuperValu is awful as it has a monopoly and thus charges us ridiculous prices. The nearest rival supermarket is 15km away. It's consequently cleaning up and has successfully lobbied to prevent the last two attempts to bring Lidl here.

Basically, the day competition finally comes will be a happy day for local consumers.

OPENROAD

ilovesleep wrote: »

Dont know about 2Ltr but for supervalu own brand 1Ltr is .79 cent.

Not bad, .75 cent in Tesco

OPENROAD

Dionysus wrote: »

I'd imagine it changes in each store depending on competition as they're independently owned. My local SuperValu is awful as it has a monopoly and thus charges us ridiculous prices. The nearest rival supermarket is 15km away. It's consequently cleaning up and has successfully lobbied to prevent the last two attempts to bring Lidl here.

Basically, the day competition finally comes will be a happy day for local consumers.

Is that the same for Spar?

Dionysus

OPENROAD wrote: »

Is that the same for Spar?

Yes. SPAR is a Dutch company which operates along the same lines as Super Valu, which is Irish: independent retailers join SPAR, abide by its standards, and in return benefit from the economies of scale and discounts which a massive wholesaler like SPAR can secure.

digme

SIUCRA..................................LOL

fonecrusher1

Sergeant wrote: »

Ballymaloe relish seems to go with everything from the fry-up to the late night sandwich.

Very true.^

Next time you get a bag of chips from the local chipper splash a bit of the oul bally M on them. Forkin scrumtastic.

Glenbhoy

OPENROAD wrote: »

How much do Supervalu charge for a 2ltr Milk?

€1.49 - funnily enough, that's the same price that every store (bar centra) matches, some would find the sheer amount of products that are identically priced across all supermarkets as suspicous, not me though.

On the subject of milk, why would anyone buy 'supermilk' or if it's the extra vitamins you feel you can't live without, why would anyone buy 'avonmore supermilk' as opposed to own brand supermilks which are usually approximately 33% cheaper.