Dunne's - doing anything for the local community

A_Sober_Paddy

So lidl, aldi and tesco are all giving money to local causes...

Lidl - women gaa
Aldi - local rugby clubs(training session with POC)
Tesco - blue tokens with money towards local causes

What are Dunne's doing, I find it odd that these German and English companies are giving money to the local community but an irish company seems to be contributing nowt

dinorebel

To be fair Dunnes management recruitment policy is akin to Care in the Community.

Annasopra

Selling coats at €900

Winterlong

Dont be leaving out Supervalue!

endacl

They're on a secret mission. Identifying idiots with more money than sense who bother credit card receipts and..... 'dealt with'.

http://www.broadsheet.ie/2016/05/24/how-much-133/

the groutch

they look after the local forests....


















by turning them into €60 boards

A_Sober_Paddy

SuperValu have a very small market share no, comparable to the 4 mentioned

Winterlong

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

SuperValu have a very small market share no, comparable to the 4 mentioned

They have 22% market share which makes them the largest in ireland!

A_Sober_Paddy

Winterlong wrote: »

They have 22% market share which makes them the largest in ireland!

Link???

Winterlong

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

Link???

http://www.kantarworldpanel.com/ie/grocery-market-share/ireland

A_Sober_Paddy

Winterlong wrote: »

http://www.kantarworldpanel.com/ie/grocery-market-share/ireland

Wow genuinely shocked at that...I have shopped in SuperValu once in my life...the Chinese supermarket gets a monthly visit

...And Justice

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

So lidl, aldi and tesco are all giving money to local causes...

Lidl - women gaa
Aldi - local rugby clubs(training session with POC)
Tesco - blue tokens with money towards local causes

What are Dunne's doing, I find it odd that these German and English companies are giving money to the local community but an irish company seems to be contributing nowt

Their to busy blocking penny's and other stores in the high court, that's whats holding up the Square extension in Tallaght.

endacl

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

Wow genuinely shocked at that...I have shopped in SuperValu once in my life...the Chinese supermarket gets a monthly visit

Did you ever shop at Superquinn...?

BailMeOut

Winterlong wrote: »

Dont be leaving out Supervalue!

SuperValu is the biggest supermarket is Ireland is easily the leader in supporting local communities as well as local producers and farmers. Live in a town with a Supervalu and you will see how important they are to the local area.

jimgoose

They have their share of divilmint down my way as well - this is basically about access for trucks and machinery across a corner of Dunnes' fairly large car-park:

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/work-on-bishopstown-credit-union-site-halted-over-dunnes-stand-off-411065.html

ohnonotgmail

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

SuperValu have a very small market share no, comparable to the 4 mentioned

two thirds of what they sell is irish made. i think that is doing something for the community. Certainly more beneficial than a training session with POC.

ScumLord

Out of all the supermarkets available to me I'd say supervalu has the best stuff. Their own brand stuff is pretty good and they usually have decent ready made stuff. It's more expensive but if you're not looking to buy in bulk I think it's reasonable enough.

A_Sober_Paddy

BailMeOut wrote: »

SuperValu is the biggest supermarket is Ireland is easily the leader in supporting local communities as well as local producers and farmers. Live in a town with a Supervalu and you will see how important they are to the local area.

I know my dad does a lot of his shop in Galway in SuperValu. I'm only 27 so super Quinn was gone when I was very young no?

ahlookit

BailMeOut wrote: »

SuperValu is the biggest supermarket is Ireland is easily the leader in supporting local communities as well as local producers and farmers. Live in a town with a Supervalu and you will see how important they are to the local area.

They do seem to have far more food from smaller Irish suppliers in their stores. From their website:

75% of products sold on SuperValu shelves are either produced or sourced in Ireland

https://supervalu.ie/about/supporting-ireland


Also sponsor GAA & Tidy Towns

bringupthebook

Winterlong wrote: »

Dont be leaving out Supervalue!

Maybe not the same scale but I do find SuperValu good for stocking local produce so indirectly supporting local communities.

I think Dunnes (clothes anyway) are stocking far too many designers. Think they are moving away from their traditional target market.
Not sure what they give to local communities though!

jimgoose

bringupthebook wrote: »

...Not sure what they give to local communities though!

Two fingers mainly, in our case. :pac:

ahlookit

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

I know my dad does a lot of his shop in Galway in SuperValu. I'm only 27 so super Quinn was gone when I was very young no?

Superquinn were only rebranded 2 years ago!

http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/supervalu-on-course-to-replace-tesco-as-nations-largest-retailer-30017927.html



Though they had a smaller network of stores than the others you mention, so may not have been in your area

BailMeOut

remember Centra is also Supervalu and virtually every town in Ireland has a Centra.

Winterlong

BailMeOut wrote: »

remember Centra is also Supervalu and virtually every town in Ireland has a Centra.

Yup, they are both owned by the Musgrave group. But is centra not more of a brand operated by Franchise?

andekwarhola

Talk about scraping the pitchfork barell.

ohnonotgmail

BailMeOut wrote: »

remember Centra is also Supervalu and virtually every town in Ireland has a Centra.

Centra and Supervalu are owned by the same company but are run separately.

podgemonster

Supervalue take on local produce and have far higher numbers of staff than their German competitors. A friend of mine started growing strawberries and raspberries 15 years ago and the local super value took him on and he's still going to them and the next supervalue over.

If you really think these superstores are giving out money for the feel good factor, then you are mistaken. Their clever, well researched marketing ploys. The broadcasting of the ads bragging about their donations probably cost more than what they gave.

Ladies GAA is a lot smaller numbers than than the male GAA. The sponsorship aims right into the core of the community at a fraction of the cost than male GAA with an equality flair about it. It's great for the Ladies GAA but it's a pure reactionary counter to supervalues funding of local sports/initiatives.

Plus when you wander down the budget centre isles of Lidl and Aldi and see the discounted cycling & running gear, clothes, cooking appliances, garden furniture, tools and toys you'd have to wonder how badly affected local retailers are when their products feature the Aldi/Lidl weekly offers.

Butterface

I prefer to shop in Supervalu but where I'm living now doesn't have a branch nearby. Dunnes is 5 minutes away so I end up shopping there quite a bit.

I would say shopping in Dunnes is among my most shameful traits :eek:

ScumLord

podgemonster wrote: »

If you really think these superstores are giving out money for the feel good factor, then you are mistaken. Their clever, well researched marketing ploys. The broadcasting of the ads bragging about their donations probably cost more than what they gave.

There's definitely an element of that. No business would be supporting sports, groups or charities if they couldn't boast about it, and if they don't boast about it they'll be accused of doing nothing.

But the larger businesses like these are hit up by every group that has an idea. Someone decides to run a charity night like deal or no deal event and they'll hit up the local supermarket. So at this stage many businesses will have a budget for it and pick the most worthy/popular causes, which will preferably be something to do with funding kids sports because everyone likes kids and parents are big spenders.

Plus when you wander down the budget centre isles of Lidl and Aldi and see the discounted cycling & running gear, clothes, cooking appliances, garden furniture, tools and toys you'd have to wonder how badly affected local retailers are when their products feature the Aldi/Lidl weekly offers.

I don't think it's that big of an issue, if you need something you're hardly going to wait for it to show up in Lidl. If you need it, the one in Lidl probably won't be good enough. I'd say most people are like me, they see something cool, buy it, put it on a shelf never to be used. Lidl stuff is handy to have in an emergency but a lot of it isn't up to regular use.

Elliott S

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

So lidl, aldi and tesco are all giving money to local causes...

Lidl - women gaa
Aldi - local rugby clubs(training session with POC)
Tesco - blue tokens with money towards local causes

What are Dunne's doing, I find it odd that these German and English companies are giving money to the local community but an irish company seems to be contributing nowt

Those companies don't do it for entirely altruistic reasons. The hope would be that affiliating the company with a charity or other local cause will help boost sales.

gerard2210

A_Sober_Paddy wrote:

I know my dad does a lot of his shop in Galway in SuperValu. I'm only 27 so super Quinn was gone when I was very young no?

Never had a superquinn in Galway. You may be thinking of quinnsworth gone a long time now.

Elliott S

Winterlong wrote: »

http://www.kantarworldpanel.com/ie/grocery-market-share/ireland

Surprised Aldi and Lidl are so low but it makes sense when I think about it because rural locations usually have one or the other. Combined they almost equal Supervalu.

...And Justice

BailMeOut wrote: »

SuperValu is the biggest supermarket is Ireland is easily the leader in supporting local communities as well as local producers and farmers. Live in a town with a Supervalu and you will see how important they are to the local area.

Supervalue do great meat and fresh bread, that's why people go there.

A_Sober_Paddy

gerard2210 wrote: »

Never had a superquinn in Galway. You may be thinking of quinnsworth gone a long time now.

there is one on the way to this house in barna from galway city

flo8s967qjh0nd

Always strikes me that Dunnes is ruled with an iron fist from head office. They seem to get into a lot of arguments with locals (compared to the others). Usually this is about silly things like access, etc. There are a few issues in the Cork area now that come to mind.
In other businesses they might be dealt with locally by management but not so in Dunnes. And, of course, they NEVER speak to the media. Which is their right of course, but doesn't make them particularly media friendly.

Scallys Super Valu in Clonakilty is the best shop I've been in.

Aldi and Lidl have really forced competitors to bring prices down, particularly in areas like alcohol. On the other hand, it has been at some cost, lots of towns now have those awful retail parks located outside the town centre and convenience shops are disappearing, leaving dead frontage and town centres more concentrated on service providers rather than retailers.

maudgonner

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

there is one on the way to this house in barna from galway city

Never a SuperQuinn, unless I've been missing something all these years. There's a couple of SuperValus alright and Joyce's in Knocknacarra, but no SuperQuinn.

Elliott S

Deleted User wrote: »

Scallys Super Valu in Clonakilty is the best shop I've been in.

Aldi and Lidl have really forced competitors to bring prices down, particularly in areas like alcohol. On the other hand, it has been at some cost, lots of towns now have those awful retail parks located outside the town centre and convenience shops are disappearing, leaving dead frontage and town centres more concentrated on service providers rather than retailers.

Agreed. Oh how I loathe retail parks. They hurt my eyeballs.

I used to live in Cork city and people would rave about that Supervalu in Clonakilty. Some of them would even make the trip down there from the city. Luckily, the town is lovely too so people don't seem like complete crazies for doing so. :pac: Whatever they are doing is working for them because people travel to shop there.

awec

Winterlong wrote: »

Yup, they are both owned by the Musgrave group. But is centra not more of a brand operated by Franchise?

They are both operated by franchise.

All Supervalu and Centra stores are owned by different people.

A_Sober_Paddy

maudgonner wrote: »

Never a SuperQuinn, unless I've been missing something all these years. There's a couple of SuperValus alright and Joyce's in Knocknacarra, but no SuperQuinn.

I meant SuperValu sorry

Capt'n Midnight

...And Justice wrote: »

Their to busy blocking penny's and other stores in the high court, that's whats holding up the Square extension in Tallaght.

Aren't Dunnes jamming up Crumlin Shopping Centre too ?

Turtyturd

To be fair they let parents involved in community groups 'help' pack bags on a weekly basis to fund trips abroad for their little sh!ts. If they could put a stop to that I'd be okay with them forgoing the donations.

diograis

Elliott S wrote: »

Agreed. Oh how I loathe retail parks. They hurt my eyeballs.

I used to live in Cork city and people would rave about that Supervalu in Clonakilty. Some of them would even make the trip down there from the city. Luckily, the town is lovely too so people don't seem like complete crazies for doing so. :pac: Whatever they are doing is working for them because people travel to shop there.

Driving to Clonakilty to go to a fúcking Supervalu? These people are clearly insane

Giacomo McGubbin

I don's use Dunne's or Tesco's. Too expensive.
As for the others, I don't really want to pay extra for my groceries so that extra can be donated the local rugby and gaa clubs etc., but you don't have much choice if that's what the supermarket chooses to do with it's prices.
I remember when lidl and aldi came to Ireland first, they were much much cheaper than Dunnes or Tesco's but now they've copped that they only have to be a little bit cheaper than them.

Elliott S

diograis wrote: »

Driving to Clonakilty to go to a fúcking Supervalu? These people are clearly insane

Hey, twasn't me what done it!

I'm not sure what is different about this particular Supervalu but people did rave about it. In fairness, the fact that it's located in a beautiful, scenic area probably helps a lot too.

Robsweezie

all the staff have lovely bottoms

mansize

Dunnes are ruthless.

Not one Ruth works for them- company policy 😝

They are very sharp to deal with

Muahahaha

podgemonster wrote: »

If you really think these superstores are giving out money for the feel good factor, then you are mistaken. Their clever, well researched marketing ploys. The broadcasting of the ads bragging about their donations probably cost more than what they gave.

This. I think the best example of a company doing something for a community in order so they can boast about it is the Kenco Vs Gangs ad campaign which has been running several years now. The ad tells us that Kenco are saving young men by training them as coffee farmers. What it doesnt tell you is they only trained 20 lads whilst they spent millions on TV ads shown in the US and Europe as well as paid advertorials in national newspapers like the Irish Times.

suicide_circus

Well known as a shower of pricks. Avoid shopping there where possible.

Capt'n Midnight

mansize wrote: »

Dunnes are ruthless.

Not one Ruth works for them- company policy ��

They are very sharp to deal with

Dunnes also have an unofficial policy about not getting any Jewish or Muslim recruits.


Because when it comes to hiring middle management they're only interested in complete pricks :pac:

prinzeugen

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

So lidl, aldi and tesco are all giving money to local causes...

Lidl - women gaa
Aldi - local rugby clubs(training session with POC)
Tesco - blue tokens with money towards local causes

What are Dunne's doing, I find it odd that these German and English companies are giving money to the local community but an irish company seems to be contributing nowt

Regardless of how much lidl etc give to the GAA, the local club will still be looking for more..

Blackmail seems common allegedly. "Give us x euro or little Johnny or Jill won't play"