dun laoghaire shopping centre to get a supervalu. where to apply for jobs ?

ricero

went onto the website and there was no information. was just looking for part time work. what should i do now to apply for this job ?

EdenHazard

sorry man cant help you wondering the same but i reckon there might be a sign outside the shop about this. 70 jobs going supposably, im defo applying for it. if anyone has any idea let us know.

blossom180

ricero wrote: »

went onto the website and there was no information. was just looking for part time work. what should i do now to apply for this job ?

Was told yesterday it is opening 1st week in december.They are supposed to be having walk in interviews soon.Will post if i get anymore info.

wolfpawnat

Will definitely have to keep an eye on this!!!!! Is it full and part time staff they are looking for? Part-time would be perfect!!!!

OP thanks for inadvertently letting us all know there is a few jobs going! Hope you get one of the part-time places as your reward!!!

EdenHazard

blossom180 wrote: »

Was told yesterday it is opening 1st week in december.They are supposed to be having walk in interviews soon.Will post if i get anymore info.

that be deadly nice 1

EdenHazard

any updates on this

blossom180

EdenHazard wrote: »

any updates on this

no news on interviews yet,opening on 8th december.

EdenHazard

update ha!

EdenHazard

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ricero

its opening December 8th im not sure if there still taking c.v's

EdenHazard

did you apply

DrainBamaged

yeah any news on this please? Really desperate.

S.W.Keegan

Does anyone know where to even send a c.v. for that store? There's no info anywhere online or anywhere in the shopping centre.

EdenHazard

say they just gave jobs to tesco people?

ted1

Tescos staff all got redeployed.

EdenHazard

has a month to open, if theres no info in shop thats strange. wonder if these walk in interviews happened already?

blossom180

ted1 wrote: »

Tescos staff all got redeployed.

A number of tesco staff took redundancy.Some have applied for jobs in supervalu.

blossom180

EdenHazard wrote: »

has a month to open, if theres no info in shop thats strange. wonder if these walk in interviews happened already?

Heard today that there was an open day in the royal marine last week.

EdenHazard

they advertised that looooads

ted1

I'm sure they got the numbers they required. Why spend money on advertising. They probably just let the local welfare office know.

DrainBamaged

Rage.

EdenHazard

ok apparently you apply online for this

Crow92

Link for application?

EdenHazard

i dunno but seems previous posters tried stearing others off guard...a common tactic and i applaud it but we will have the last laugh

OdrumsP

Any update on this lads? I went down this morning, still no movement! How in the name of god are we ment to apply if they have no email address and knowone is there!? Crazy

blossom180

OdrumsP wrote: »

Any update on this lads? I went down this morning, still no movement! How in the name of god are we ment to apply if they have no email address and knowone is there!? Crazy

Opening friday morning,was talking to a lad today and he said all jobs are gone. If i were you i would bring down cv on friday.
Job might not suit all that have got them.Best of luck.

tomdublin

Was there tonight at 7 and there were about 5 times as much staff as customers.. the place is just too expensive, don't think it will stick around for long.

crushproof

It was packed on its first day of opening, but was down there yesterday and there was hardly anyone shopping there. Nowhere near the same selection of goods as tesco had offered. Some good deals on drink and meat though.
Hopefully they manage to get some custom in and stay open.

Tabnabs

The day it opened I thought they were giving the stuff away for free it was so busy. Supervalu can't really compete with the likes of Tesco on price, but the special offers in Supervalu (especially the wine ) are worth dropping in for.

tomdublin

I hope it closes down soon and Aldi moves in... many of the products there are made by the same suppliers that also supply Supervalu but at half the price. And an Aldi would keep Tesco on its toes...

EdenHazard

the shop looks nice tho, aldi looks horrible

Fratton Fred

Tabnabs wrote: »

The day it opened I thought they were giving the stuff away for free it was so busy. Supervalu can't really compete with the likes of Tesco on price, but the special offers in Supervalu (especially the wine ) are worth dropping in for.

There is no reason why Supervalu can't compete with Tesco. Musgraves are the biggest food retailer in the country. They own Superquinn, Centra, Supervalu and Mace and in GB they own Londis and Budgens.

I think people expect them to be expensive, so they get away with charging more

Tabnabs

Fratton Fred wrote: »

There is no reason why Supervalu can't compete with Tesco. Musgraves are the biggest food retailer in the country. They own Superquinn, Centra, Supervalu and Mace and in GB they own Londis and Budgens.

I think people expect them to be expensive, so they get away with charging more

Lol, Tesco are the fourth largest retailer in the world! I think they command a little more leverage than the Musgrave group

tomdublin

Supervalu's business model seems to be largely based on locating itself in fairly middle class areas with little or no competition close by, which allows them to overcharge for fairly average products. In Dun Laoghaire the challenge they face is that M&S caters to the middle class market with genuine premium quality products while Tesco caters to the rest. There are also a couple of butchers and greengrocers. I don't see how a Supervalu can be viable in such a setting. Most people just think it's a ripoff and stay away from it.

Fratton Fred

Tabnabs wrote: »

Lol, Tesco are the fourth largest retailer in the world! I think they command a little more leverage than the Musgrave group

It wouldn't make as much difference as you might think.

Fratton Fred

tomdublin wrote: »

Supervalu's business model seems to be largely based on locating itself in fairly middle class areas with little or no competition close by, which allows them to overcharge for fairly average products. In Dun Laoghaire the challenge they face is that M&S caters to the middle class market with genuine premium quality products while Tesco caters to the rest. There are also a couple of butchers and greengrocers. I don't see how a Supervalu can be viable in such a setting. Most people just think it's a ripoff and stay away from it.

I agree there, it seems a bit of a strange move, unless the shopping centre was desperate to get an anchor store and gave them a good deal.

Whiskey Devil

Tesco also place huge margins on almost everything they sell (particularly in ROI stores). Technically, Musgraves could compete with them on price, but there would only be one winner in a price war and it wouldn't be any Irish based supermarket. Similarly, in Britain, Tesco still find it difficult to match Asda on price because they don't have the buying power of Walmart.

Supervalu is a great Irish company. They stock Irish produce where possible. I think Tesco cleverly exaggerate how much cheaper they are. The number of actual price match/cheaper than Supervalu tickets in their stores is minimal.
Anyway, I would much rather pay a little over the odds and shop with them.

Very impressed with the new store.

WD.

Whiskey Devil

tomdublin wrote: »

Supervalu's business model seems to be largely based on locating itself in fairly middle class areas with little or no competition close by, which allows them to overcharge for fairly average products. In Dun Laoghaire the challenge they face is that M&S caters to the middle class market with genuine premium quality products while Tesco caters to the rest. There are also a couple of butchers and greengrocers. I don't see how a Supervalu can be viable in such a setting. Most people just think it's a ripoff and stay away from it.

Genuine question - Can you explain what's premium quality about M&S?

tomdublin

Whiskey Devil wrote: »

Genuine question - Can you explain what's premium quality about M&S?

I'm not a huge M&S goer myself but what they sell is for the most part of very good quality. Their chilled stuff is very fresh and nutritionally quite good and uses few preservatives or dodgy fats or colours. It's also very good on issues like fair trade (I think most of their coffee, tea and chocolate is) and on animal welfare (e.g. their eggs are all free range). They also seem to treat their staff quite well. It's fairly pricey though.

oisind2345

This is the very first time I felt it totally necessary to post a complaint about a supermarkets customer service, I was so over the moon to see an Irish supermarket open in dunlaoghaire, above all times, we now need to support our own, more than ever before. Last week I done a shop in super valu dunlaoghaire, one of the items I purchased was a fillet of ham, after putting it on to cook the following day, I discovered to my shock and horror, that while the label had an irish county side type picture, and stated it was produced in roscommon, it went on to state it was from spain, I returned as a regular customer, the following day, and aired my views to a very understanding floor supervisor, she said she would raise the issue with a manager, and was it possible I still had the label, I returned the following day after rooting through my bin for the label, the floor supervisor welcomed my efforts, and introduced me to a store manager, this guy only wanted to explain how they are able to sell cheap fresh meat that they receive from musgraves, maybe because he was not irish himself, he had no understanding of me feeling totally coned as an irish shopper, he said if I looked more carefully the irish ham was beside the spanish hams and was 3 euro dearer . next time I go to supervalu, I will bring my good glasses,it may promote itself as an irish store, but be carful and for gods sake dont root through you bins to prove a point to trir customer service,

, john

brayblue24

I genuinely think that's the longest sentence I have ever read