Iceland coming to the Cork Road

Jubo

Heard Des Purcell on Billy McCarthy this morning saying Iceland are opening on the Cork Road. Anyone know where?

spankmemunkey

Jubo wrote: »

Heard Des Purcell on Billy McCarthy this morning saying Iceland are opening on the Cork Road. Anyone know where?

Iceland have been mooted for ages havent they?

Dont know where but its good news, i know people will say its not local it will bring jobs and once its open it can only bring prices down in general the more retail options the better.

cococoady

Down beside Buy Lo is where iv'e heard they are going

Aquos76

Well this is the unit they were originally rumored to be going into, however according to daft.ie that unit was still available up to yesterday morning.

ziedth

Not allot of parking beside Buy Lo would be my first thought but not allot of options I can think of outside of there. The Iceland in Carrick is far from huge so I don't think they need a big Unit. Be nice to see someone challenge Aldi/Lidl.

Aquos76

I'm sure you mean Clonmel rather than Carrick ;-)

Media999

Not sure how many of you have been in Iceland really but there not that great. Only good thing i see here is jobs. There nowhere near as cheap as Aldi either. Pity Asda dont come to Ireland and really shake it up.

Cabaal

Media999 wrote: »

Not sure how many of you have been in Iceland really but there not that great. Only good thing i see here is jobs. There nowhere near as cheap as Aldi either. Pity Asda dont come to Ireland and really shake it up.

You want Wallmart in Ireland??, I'd rather they don;t tbh

spankmemunkey

I dont think theyd be going near buy low theres about 5 parking spaces there!

ziedth

Cabaal wrote: »

You want Wallmart in Ireland??, I'd rather they don;t tbh

Eactly. Very good documentary called The high cost of low prices that would actually scare you. I wouldn't want them anywhere near Waterford.

ex_infantry man

the only place with good bit of parking are the empty units beside pc world where that tile shop was

Professey Chin

ziedth wrote: »

Eactly. Very good documentary called The high cost of low prices that would actually scare you. I wouldn't want them anywhere near Waterford.

I seen that episode of south park!

ziedth

The Great Chinholio wrote: »

I seen that episode of south park!

That was good too

Professey Chin

ziedth wrote: »

That was good too

......so that isnt the documentary? -_-

ziedth

The Great Chinholio wrote: »

......so that isnt the documentary? -_-

Apart from the possessed Store it actually covers pretty much the same thing.

eimearos

i can confirm they are going to be beside where buylo are. its great for more jobs for the city,hopefully they will do well!

AdMMM

Do they just do frozen goods? Haven't stepped one in one in my life!

deisemum

AdMMM wrote: »

Do they just do frozen goods? Haven't stepped one in one in my life!

No it's not all frozen food and they don't need big floor space but from memory they weren't really much different in price from other supermarkets just more choice in frozen stuff though their special offers were good.

ex_infantry man

was in the clonmel store last night good choice of family meals there,s small choice of cereals,crisps,cold meats,veg but yeah mainly all frozen goods what bugs me is!!! all products have pound pricing on em and the euro prices are rounded up i.e. something for £2 is rounded off to say €3.50 which it does,nt

Grindylow

There's nothing confirmed about Iceland coming to Waterford. They're looking into units here, but nothing's been confirmed at all.

dayshah

Is any of their stuff made in ireland?

Grindylow

dayshah wrote: »

Is any of their stuff made in ireland?

Nope

Finnbar01

What's their stuff like?

Media999

Finnbar01 wrote: »

What's their stuff like?

Same processed dirt as the rest of em :pac:

Not a vegetable in site.

ex_infantry man

Media999 wrote: »

Same processed dirt as the rest of em :pac:

Not a vegetable in site.

there is vegetables!!!!it might be small section but they have veg, and some of there products are made by an irish company but not in ireland KERRY FOODS hq is in dublin and corporate head office is in tralee co kerry

eimearos

Grindylow wrote: »

There's nothing confirmed about Iceland coming to Waterford. They're looking into units here, but nothing's been confirmed at all.

Grindylow, you are 100% wrong here! A member of my family is involved in this and they are def coming to waterford, moving beside buylo!
Cant wait for them to come

spankmemunkey

ex_infantry man wrote: »

was in the clonmel store last night good choice of family meals there,s small choice of cereals,crisps,cold meats,veg but yeah mainly all frozen goods what bugs me is!!! all products have pound pricing on em and the euro prices are rounded up i.e. something for £2 is rounded off to say €3.50 which it does,nt

Wouldnt be the pound pricing that bugs me, some people fail to realise that its not always the cheaper the food the better. The truth of it is, is the cheaper the food the worse it is for you!

I wouldnt touch any of that animal feed, i wouldnt feed it to animals, its pumped full or god knows.

Then again thats why we have the freedom to choose what we want to eat!

Bon appetite!

Skepticism

I was in the store in Clonmel once, and bought a good bit of stuff. Most of it is really good quality, but some of the cheaper pizzas wouldn't exactly be nice (still nicer than the Tesco own-brand ones though.).

They do sell a small bit of fruit and vegetables, not as much as another large grocery chain (but Iceland is a lot smaller than your regular Tesco or Dunnes too.). They sell fresh meat too, but it's mainly all frozen food.

The prices on all the products are in pounds (ie: £1 on some or 3 for £7 written on the boxes of others) but the prices aren't accurately converted to euros, but I'm sure that's to include the costs of the extra transport and higher taxes, etc.

Would definitely recommend anyone to take a visit to the shop, but don't expect to do a full week's shopping there, just pop in for some good quality cheap frozen food and a few other bits and pieces.

ex_infantry man

spankmemunkey wrote: »

Wouldnt be the pound pricing that bugs me, some people fail to realise that its not always the cheaper the food the better. The truth of it is, is the cheaper the food the worse it is for you!

I wouldnt touch any of that animal feed, i wouldnt feed it to animals, its pumped full or god knows.

Then again thats why we have the freedom to choose what we want to eat!

Bon appetite!

are you also spankadamonkey on here also???

dayshah

spankmemunkey wrote: »

I wouldnt touch any of that animal feed, i wouldnt feed it to animals, its pumped full or god knows.

Frozen food has less preservatives and crap than refrigerated food.

Of course you can't been fresh vegetables.

aman

eimearos wrote: »

Grindylow, you are 100% wrong here! A member of my family is involved in this and they are def coming to waterford, moving beside buylo!
Cant wait for them to come

Iceland have not signed any lease yet so nothing is 100%

south

planning notice in the window down there today beside buylo. change of use of unit 2(the empty one) from warehouse to discount retail store.

ziedth

I still can't believe they picked that unit. Parking is going to be a nightmare when it opens first.

eimearos

Iceland are coming. They are hoping to open in early June. Can't wait

ziedth

That's not what i heard. rumor has it they were delayed for 18 months sometime before the end of last year. be great if they did open soon.

eimearos

ziedth wrote: »

That's not what i heard. rumor has it they were delayed for 18 months sometime before the end of last year. be great if they did open soon.

It's true, you will just have to wait and see. They have already been in fitting lifts and the keys were handed over Monday just gone

Stove Fan

The one thing you are all forgetting is it will be run as a franchise with prices controlled by Iceland Ireland and not Iceland UK.

Just like tesco Ireland does not compare price wise to tesco UK.

They will just compare to the rest. Just like garveys and tesco with prices compared to each other.

We'll see. Personally Iceland is ****e in the UK.

Noelly

Stove Fan wrote: »

The one thing you are all forgetting is it will be run as a franchise with prices controlled by Iceland Ireland and not Iceland UK.

Just like tesco Ireland does not compare price wise to tesco UK.

They will just compare to the rest. Just like garveys and tesco with prices compared to each other.

We'll see. Personally Iceland is ****e in the UK.

Iceland in Clonmel has regular pricing in terms of exchange, ie: items priced at £1 are sold at €1.50 which is fair considering the extra transport costs and all!

ziedth

I still don't think they are picking a good unit. I know they have teams of guys who know better then me who examine these kind of things but i just can't see it working as well as it could have.

I know Dealz are going into Lisduggan so that's not an option now but that is a far better location IMHO.

spankmemunkey

Your talking about frozen vegetables, theres nothing wrong with frozen vegetables in fact i would say frozen is better than fresh, fresh from supermarkets anyway, frozen veg is picked and frozen within one hour, where as your "Fresh Veg" in the shop has probably been half way round the world in a ship or on a truck then time sepnt on the shelf.

Im talking about the Sheppards pie's the lasagne the ready made meals, frozen sausages. People think the cheaper the food the better, the cheaper the food the more crap thats in it, the less quality in it. just read the back of the packs,

spankmemunkey

ziedth wrote: »

I still don't think they are picking a good unit. I know they have teams of guys who know better then me who examine these kind of things but i just can't see it working as well as it could have.

I know Dealz are going into Lisduggan so that's not an option now but that is a far better location IMHO.

I agree, i know for a fact that i wont go there now, parking isnt really ample, dont know what they were thinking,

fuzzy dunlop

The Great Chinholio wrote: »

I seen that episode of south park!

Penn and Teller did a rebuttal documentary about Walmart that could easily be transferred to Waterford.Worth a watch.It was called Wallmart Hate

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AloHq0ih4mw

Nypd

Isn't there a lot of parking to the rear of that unit ?

Adyx

Do we really need another supermarket though? Even one that's a little more "specialised" than the others. Obviously the jobs being created is great but there's a Superquinn, Aldi, Lidl, BuyLo right there, 2 Tescos not that far, there's that party frozen food place nearby too. Hell if you're really stuck there's a Centra and a Spar too. And all that's before you drive from that general area.

Obviously it means more choice but I can't see there being enough business to take anything from the other shops.

sonyvision

ziedth wrote: »

I still don't think they are picking a good unit. I know they have teams of guys who know better then me who examine these kind of things but i just can't see it working as well as it could have.

I know Dealz are going into Lisduggan so that's not an option now but that is a far better location IMHO.

Dealz are no longer going into lisduggan, an objection was put it, when up through the chain and objection was held fair, dealz pulled out all units are up for sale in tescos lisduggan

ziedth

sonyvision wrote: »

Dealz are no longer going into lisduggan, an objection was put it, when up through the chain and objection was held fair, dealz pulled out all units are up for sale in tescos lisduggan

Trust me, they are going in there. I still don't know why they put those signs up.

sonyvision

Mind me asking how do you know they are still going in ?

ziedth

sonyvision wrote: »

Mind me asking how do you know they are still going in ?

Let's just say i'm on the front line, I cant go into full details but i can guarentee you they are going to be in Lisduggan within the coming weeks.

sonyvision

Well in fairness I hope they do, few jobs for people would be nice in fairness, and that shopping centre needs a massive boast......

Are you working there ya ?
Oh and them objections were put in when they knew dealz were about to move in, bad form by the competition infairness

ziedth

I'm involved alright (I know being so cryptic is annoying but its a necessary evil).

I guess that's just business with the objections. I mentioned in the general chat thread but all those empty units along that side of Lisduggan are going to be in use by the summer which is great.

Great to see any few jobs created in the city.

abcdef123456

ziedth wrote: »

I'm involved alright (I know being so cryptic is annoying but its a necessary evil).

I guess that's just business with the objections. I mentioned in the general chat thread but all those empty units along that side of Lisduggan are going to be in use by the summer which is great.

Great to see any few jobs created in the city.

Just out in Lisduggan now and there are to let signs all over the place dealz was supposed to be going in.

Are they new signs?