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Grocery shopping - all things irish

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    #32
    Dionysus
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    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.


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    #33
    JONJO THE MISER
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    Aldi has the most Irish supplied products of any supermarket.


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    #34
    ilovesleep
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    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.


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    #35
    CrazyRabbit
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    I currently don't have any food in my fridge. Until tomorrow, I'm living off Christmas cake, Oxford Lunch, Pringles & some ice cream.


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    #36
    OPENROAD
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    ilovesleep wrote: »
    If I didnt love supervalu so much I would shop in Aldi.

    How much do Supervalu charge for a 2ltr Milk?


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    #37
    ilovesleep
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    OPENROAD wrote: »
    How much do Supervalu charge for a 2ltr Milk?

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


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    #38
    Dionysus
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    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.


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    #39
    OPENROAD
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    ilovesleep wrote: »
    Dont know about 2Ltr but for supervalu own brand 1Ltr is .79 cent.

    Not bad, .75 cent in Tesco


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    OPENROAD
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    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?


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    #41
    Dionysus
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    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.


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    #42
    digme
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    SIUCRA..................................LOL


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    #43
    fonecrusher1
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    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.


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    #44
    Glenbhoy
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    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.


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