Aldi finally coming to Sligo?

peasant · 17-05-2011 7:30pm #1

Just noticed an ad on irishjobs where Aldi are looking for a store manager for Sligo.

Does this mean they finally found a premises here and are actually opening a shop soon?

Anyone got any more info?

magnumlady · 17-05-2011 7:42pm

Really? I heard they were coming to Carrick on Shannon, didn't hear anything about Sligo.

peasant · 17-05-2011 8:04pm

magnumlady wrote: »

Really? I heard they were coming to Carrick on Shannon, didn't hear anything about Sligo.

Well ...with Irishjobs you never know ...Sligo may well mean Carrick

rhonin · 18-05-2011 9:37am

I heard they were going to open beside St Anne's Church.

magnumlady · 18-05-2011 9:44am

rhonin wrote: »

I heard they were going to open beside St Anne's Church.

Actually now you say that it's jogged my memory. Wasn't a discount store hoping to open in the old ESB building? So could well be Aldi.

thebuzz · 18-05-2011 11:20am

rhonin wrote: »

I heard they were going to open beside St Anne's Church.

That's been on the go for years, don't know if it will ever happen though.

bigwormbundoran · 18-05-2011 2:22pm

Aye there was an ad for the job up on monster for a good while for it aswell

28-06-2011 10:50am

Any further news on Aldi coming to Sligo? I would love to see it happening.

shanec1928 · 28-06-2011 4:51pm

zorro2566 wrote: »

Any further news on Aldi coming to Sligo? I would love to see it happening.

they have a notice for planning in the field beside romar furniture on pearse road

Buford T Justice · 28-06-2011 9:58pm

forza rovers wrote: »

they have a notice for planning in the field beside romar furniture on pearse road

Been there for a long time. Planning permission was refused afaik.

bonzos · 03-07-2011 9:35am

Fingers McGee wrote: »

Been there for a long time. Planning permission was refused afaik.

Any positive progression in usually resisted in Sligo by its business golden circle.

UrbanSea · 03-07-2011 3:12pm

Chamber of commerce is a joke

pauldry · 04-07-2011 12:36am

The only hope you have of ever seeing Aldi in Sligo would be if Carrick became so big we were its suburb!

Same goes for replacement Tesco and MnS

chef76 · 28-02-2012 2:07am

Its opening where the Oaktree used to be! There'll be a chemist there too...

red sean · 28-02-2012 7:18pm

chef76 wrote: »

Its opening where the Oaktree used to be! There'll be a chemist there too...

Construction well on at the moment. Supposed to be open in May apparently.

thebuzz · 28-03-2012 8:53am

Anyone know what date this is opening? It's in the Weekender but I don't have one

Ms. Chanandler Bong · 28-03-2012 8:00pm

"Late May" is all they say, no exact date...

Basq · 23-04-2012 10:46am

Bump!

Opening Thursday 31st May at 9am..

ectoraige · 23-04-2012 12:40pm

Basq wrote: »

Bump!

Opening Thursday 31st May at 9am..

'Late May' indeed.

31-05-2012 9:14am

Opening today apparently. Anybody been in yet? I wonder what the parking is like?

Plazaman · 31-05-2012 2:40pm

zorro2566 wrote: »

Opening today apparently. Anybody been in yet? I wonder what the parking is like?

Someone told me it opened on Saturday so like a pleb I went over yesterday and there were a lot of cars in the car park and people inside. I went in the doors and this young girl ask me was I there to put up the laminates???

Anyway after clarification that this morning was indeed the official opening day, I slinked out and will give it a couple of weeks before I show my face over there again. But to answer your question theres a good sized car park but I would say it'd be jammered on a Saturday.

PickledLime · 31-05-2012 7:10pm

Think there's space for 80-something cars. They had a guy out directing traffic today, it was that busy. Place was understandably wedged inside, just ghrabbed a few bits to try the place out.

Currently having a sammich consisting of some seeded bread i got there - pretty tasty!

Basq · 31-05-2012 7:39pm

Yep, took a wander in earlier after I voted.

Some nice choice in there alright.. spent about €25 and they were giving out free heavy duty bags. Not too shabby!

Even though it was busy, it definitely felt roomier than Lidl. And staff were very friendly too.. something that's a little lacking from our local Lidl as of late IMO.

sligoface · 03-06-2012 4:56am

it was basically just the same as Lidl but with english words on the packages. even the layout was similar. though i think Lidl is still cheapest. but i will be shopping at Aldi a lot as its closer to me.

i'm glad it's opened. tesco is dirty and expensive. dunnes stores is expensive and has crap selection and u have to travel a mile to get to the frozen food at the rear corner of the shop. also the tesco staff are brutal. i got asked for ID buying a bottle of Bailey's for my mother on mother's day and even though i had a college ID with my photo and birthday they wouldnt sell it to me. now i have been told i look a bit younger than my age... but i turned 18 in 1998.

johnire · 03-06-2012 8:57am

sligoface wrote: »

it was basically just the same as Lidl but with english words on the packages. even the layout was similar. though i think Lidl is still cheapest. but i will be shopping at Aldi a lot as its closer to me.

i'm glad it's opened. tesco is dirty and expensive. dunnes stores is expensive and has crap selection and u have to travel a mile to get to the frozen food at the rear corner of the shop. also the tesco staff are brutal. i got asked for ID buying a bottle of Bailey's for my mother on mother's day and even though i had a college ID with my photo and birthday they wouldnt sell it to me. now i have been told i look a bit younger than my age... but i turned 18 in 1998.

Luckey you!!!!

magnumlady · 03-06-2012 9:49am

I finally got in there yesterday. The car park is too small, it was chaos trying to get in and out. The 2 euro for the trolley is daft....people were rooting through their pockets looking for 2 euro.
Also I think it's in a bad place opposite where Dunnes get their deliveries. It's can get quite congested there with lorries reversing in and out to Dunnes.
On the plus side, it's clean, they have a better selection of peanuts (I have no life :rolleyes:) than Lidl. The staff seem friendly and no long queues when I was there.

thebuzz · 03-06-2012 11:29am

sligoface wrote: »

though i think Lidl is still cheapest. but i will be shopping at Aldi a lot as its closer to me.

What? There is like a 2 minute walk in the difference

magnumlady · 04-06-2012 10:23am

An article on Sligo today about it: http://www.sligotoday.ie/details.php?id=20389

genie · 04-06-2012 11:47am

magnumlady wrote: »

An article on Sligo today about it: http://www.sligotoday.ie/details.php?id=20389

Yes, the car park is too small and the location isn't ideal but that is hardly Aldi's fault. They did try to locate elsewhere (Pearse Road?) and were prevented from doing so by the Chamber of Horrors, who clearly don't want to fill the empty units at Cleveragh and Carraroe. :rolleyes:

An Aldi in Carrick on Shannon is due to open in the not too distant future.

shanec1928 · 04-06-2012 12:50pm

god that article is some rant:rolleyes:. over exaggeration springs to mind. I was there in the morning it opened and it wasnt that bad obviously if any large retail store opens its going to be packed the first few days its open with people wanting to see what its like. who ever wrote that obviously forgot when dunnes didnt have a two story car park or that aldi was built on a derelict site where the building was crumbling apart.

sligono1 · 05-06-2012 11:56am

what a load of Bull that article its like something wrote by a combo of lidl and dunnes PR people.
would not heed that sligotoday,any way has there been any bother since dont think so as said its a one off.

artyeva · 05-06-2012 11:26pm

wow, now that's a fantastically badly written article full of hyperbole, ranting and red herrings.

nutters like that should take it here to boards and not be let spew it out on a website that touts it as 'news' :rolleyes:

For Forks Sake · 06-06-2012 11:45am

That 'article' would have been better written by a farm animal. I see the author didn't have the guts to put their name to it either.

Seriously, my dog would produce better copy than this

What the Hell is the point in having planning discussed in public when councillors clearly had done no 'audit' of what would happen when the third Sligo supermarket would open in the same stretch of roadway.

Maybe the Chamber of Commerce, too, should look into it's heart -- or whatever.

The only credit I'll give them is for the Straightback reference.

Buford T Justice · 07-06-2012 10:17am

I'm not impressed with the shop in fairness.

The car park is a million times too small for what the shop is. The shop is too small too. They have a massive warehouse stuck to the side of the shop. If they halved it they would have a much bigger shop.

Selection was ok, but not fantastic. I got bored of the place after about half way through. Lidl is much bigger by far, and yes the shop staff are ignorant but they are cheaper and have more variety than Aldi.

No brainer for me tbh.

sligoface · 07-06-2012 1:31pm

wow the person who wrote that article really likes the word farce.

lubie76 · 07-06-2012 10:39pm

Poor Straightback will be turning in his grave!

peasant · 10-06-2012 1:01pm

Buford T Justice wrote: »

I'm not impressed with the shop in fairness.

+1

much of a muchness really in comparison with Lidl when it comes to products, choice and prices.

But Lidl definitely offers more space both inside and out (& the bakery), so won't be shopping in Aldi unless they draw me in with some must-have useless special.

BTW ...I don't find the staff in Lidl particularly rude or ignorant ...maybe just a bit stressed at times.

Aldi finally coming to Sligo?

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