Snowmagedagain

pilly

Hapax Legomenon wrote: »

I'd get banned from the Weather Forum if I said this, but I think it'll be a damp squid. They put snow on such a pedal stool over there.

How did that go for you?

erica74

pilly wrote: »

I think you may be overly stressed about this Erica, HSE employees will be paid. They've committed to that quite publically, no way they're going to go back on it.

Ah I'm not overly stressed at all, just getting everyone's opinion and input on their own setup.

Snickers Man

One must acknowledge that it can't have been easy for food retailers during the recent cold snap. Excessive demand caused by panic hoarding, coupled with undoubted supply issues caused by impassible road and rail links were certainly challenges.

But.

What I experienced in Tesco Mount Merrion (Dublin) yesterday (Sunday) was inexcusable. ALL the fruit and vegetable shelves were bare. And when I say bare I mean empty. Nothing. No milk either. Of any kind.

There was very little in the way of meat too.

Similar experiences have been reported by Boards readers around the country, includingDublin 15, Limerick, and indeterminate location.


Was it the same in other stores? Apparently not. I drove to a nearby Lidl after marvelling at Tesco's bare shelves and although it too was very crowded for a Sunday there were plentiful supplies of everything. Fruit, veg, Meat, Milk.

How could Lidl do what Tesco apparently couldn't?

Is it because of supply chain issues? Are Tesco's wholesalers disproportionately based in the UK, and therefore prone to disruption caused by cross channel weather problems? Although how this should affect Irish produced milk and meat is beyond me. Do they just not care enough about the Irish market and their customers here to plan properly (or at all) for events like the recent snowy weather?

Anybody have any ideas?

Personally I think Brexit should mean that Tesco bugger off out of here and leave the market to companies who make SOME effort to service their customers.

eviltimeban

Every little helps.

Alun

Snickers Man wrote: »

Anybody have any ideas?

I'd imagine Tesco themselves would. You could always ask them, like.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Same in Dunnes. It will take a day or two to have the supply chain up and running. Even the local butcher's was low on stock this morning.

Mint Sauce

Sligo Store centainly is, low on Fruit and Veg, Bread, Dairy, and Meat again today. Plus it is also the most horidly laid out Tescos I have ever been to. Not sure much has been done since the Quinnsworth days, other than re configured the check outs and rebranded,

recyclebin

Aldi in tullamore on Saturday evening was the same. Lidl in tuam in Sunday evening was the same. Think lidl or aldi distribution centre is in Naas which still has lots of snow.

Skylinehead

Snickers Man wrote: »

One must acknowledge that it can't have been easy for food retailers during the recent cold snap. Excessive demand caused by panic hoarding, coupled with undoubted supply issues caused by impassible road and rail links were certainly challenges.

But.

What I experienced in Tesco Mount Merrion (Dublin) yesterday (Sunday) was inexcusable. ALL the fruit and vegetable shelves were bare. And when I say bare I mean empty. Nothing. No milk either. Of any kind.

There was very little in the way of meat too.

Similar experiences have been reported by Boards readers around the country, includingDublin 15, Limerick, and indeterminate location.


Was it the same in other stores? Apparently not. I drove to a nearby Lidl after marvelling at Tesco's bare shelves and although it too was very crowded for a Sunday there were plentiful supplies of everything. Fruit, veg, Meat, Milk.

How could Lidl do what Tesco apparently couldn't?

Is it because of supply chain issues? Are Tesco's wholesalers disproportionately based in the UK, and therefore prone to disruption caused by cross channel weather problems? Although how this should affect Irish produced milk and meat is beyond me. Do they just not care enough about the Irish market and their customers here to plan properly (or at all) for events like the recent snowy weather?

Anybody have any ideas?

Personally I think Brexit should mean that Tesco bugger off out of here and leave the market to companies who make SOME effort to service their customers.

You know where milk comes from? The trucks weren't able to get to farms to get milk.

wakka12

Im sure they're trying everything they can.I doubt they're keeping their shelves bare just to piss people off! They're the ones who have to pay staff to keep a nearly empty shop open so Id say they're losing out more than you in this

gozunda

wakka12 wrote: »

Im sure they're trying everything they can.I doubt they're keeping their shelves bare just to piss people off! They're the ones who have to pay staff to keep a nearly empty shop open so Id say they're losing out more than you in this

Some of the large retailers were also feeling slightly jittery after the tallaght / Jobstown riot and store attacks

At least one large store I know of had active security at the door- only allowing access on request and card only transactions. No cash.

Even at that they had hardly anything on the shelves. I don't blame them for taking precautions tbh ...

Edit: Lidls responded to the riot ...

https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/newsireland/lidl-have-perfect-response-on-twitter-to-burglary-incident-in-tallaght/ar-BBJSF9X?li=BBr5KbJ

gozunda

recyclebin wrote: »

Aldi in tullamore on Saturday evening was the same. Lidl in tuam in Sunday evening was the same. Think lidl or aldi distribution centre is in Naas which still has lots of snow.

Not too sure how accurate the report was but heard on the grapevine that the Tesco distribution centre when under the red warning and trucks not insured for deliveries until lifted ...

recyclebin

A quick google tells me Aldi is in Naas, Lidl are in Newbridge and Tesco is in Donabate. What are conditions like there?

Milk trucks often have to collect from farms up narrow side roads so supply will be down from last few days.

gozunda

recyclebin wrote: »

A quick google tells me Aldi is in Naas, Lidl are in Newbridge and Tesco is in Donabate. What are conditions like there?

Milk trucks often have to collect from farms up narrow side roads so supply will be down from last few days.

Leinster now down to an Orange Level Warning until tmrw @ 10 ...

Supplies also need to get to the distribution centres to be then sent onwards to stores further afield...

Afaik Aldi and Lidl have large distribution centres around the country as well ...

Harry Palmr

Lidl Waterford no bread, though some buns etc type carbs left. Veg was down but not out, a whole half of middle row of tat/goodies was empty. I don't think everyone understands how 'the just in time supply chain' effects supply. Shops including supermarkets like to hold as little stock in the storage area as possible, bread is perishable and bulky to boot so it's something they get from the supplier/s as they need it. If everyone rushes out to buy 2/3/4 loaves then you get a massive shortfall with any new stock vanishing almost immediately. It's going to be end of the week before things settle. Today when I was out there was not a space to be had for parking in three largish supermarkets that are all in the same complex.

Snickers Man

Skylinehead wrote: »

You know where milk comes from? The trucks weren't able to get to farms to get milk.

Lidl seemed to manage it. Alls I'm saying.

gozunda

Snickers Man wrote: »

Lidl seemed to manage it. Alls I'm saying.

Afaik Aldis milk comes from Northern Ireland. They also have multiple distribution centres around the country - a more dispersed distribution model than other supermarkets I think ...

jack presley

gozunda wrote: »

Afaik Aldis milk comes from Northern Ireland. They also have multiple distribution centres around the country - a more dispersed distribution model than other supermarkets I think ...

Aldi’s 2 litre milk is from the north alright (has the UK/EU stamp) whereas the 1 litres have has the IE/EU stamp so from the south.

dxhound2005

Snickers Man wrote: »

Lidl seemed to manage it. Alls I'm saying.

How did they manage it?

Sjh191

I’m a sales rep that works for a large food manufacturer. I work mainly with large retailers so I have to drive my company van to several different locations to do my job.
There was a red weather warning in my area since Wednesday and I emailed to see we were on the road and I was told not to move unless I heard otherwise.

Now they are trying to make us take AL.

Has anyone any info on this, if your job is to travel to different locations as part of your job and you physically can’t due to a red weather warning can they still make you take AL or just not pay you?

Patty O Furniture

silverharp wrote: »

in the past people thought they would be sued if they did and someone fell, in some european countries you would be breaking the law if you didnt. i noticed it too, i did our path on the first morning and the snow never really stuck after that. while around the corner there was a row of terraced houses and none of them bothered and it became compacted and slippy.

There was a guy on Todayfm morning show, i happen to hear that he cleared his & other driveways as he knew a few older neighbours there & cleared a way more, but nobody came out to help him, but some (well-able;)) walked by him with the head down by not making eye contact, afaik he counted nearly a dozen :eek:;)

I know of someone who wanted to fix the potholes on a regional road & was told by the council that she'd be held accountable, it certainly got noticed as they hadn't been to fix it for over 10years:o

BabysCoffee wrote: »

As an aside, I used a regular shovel and also a snow shovel.

The snow shovel is definitely the tool for the job!! Cleared the snow away much better than with the other shovel (but that was useful for hard compacted bits that needed a good whack).

Snow shovels are cheap enough - mine was only 6 euro in Argos. Think it is a good idea to have in one in the house to use if ever snow like this affects us again.

Is that the plastic wide one's, i hadn't realised they were only €6?

harr wrote: »

I cleared mine after the first day of heavy snow before it became compacted and put down some of the heavy duty gritting Salt the local garage were selling.
While some snow did stick after that it melted away fairly quick and was a lot easier to clear.
I was the only one to do it in my estate and I was the only who didn’t have to literally dig my car out yesterday.
Another piece of kit I found great was the long blow torch I use to kill weeds ..Lidl sell them on occasion, great for the compacted snow.

Be careful on the salt as An older neighbour of mine had a bannister leading down the path & left out salt on it to clear it, unbeknownst to him, it worked too well as there's less of the path now for the snow to lie on :P

koumi wrote: »

I want to thank Jesus and also my daughter for the extra food during the midst of the snow and the person who sold me the lotto ticket on Saturday, thank you.

Did ya win enough for a snowplough?

_Dara_

Snickers Man wrote: »

Lidl seemed to manage it. Alls I'm saying.

Maybe they get in more stock at a time which is necessarily a good thing for perishables. The other supermarkets are hardly keeping their shelves empty for the craic.

I worked in Tesco for a summer in college, on the tills and shelf-stacking so I don't know anything about the supply chain processes they have in place. But one thing I took from working there is that many people hate Tesco. I mean, really hate it. And will often treat the staff quite shabbily and with barely-concealed contempt because of that. Fun times!

erica74

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Lidl Waterford no bread, though some buns etc type carbs left. Veg was down but not out, a whole half of middle row of tat/goodies was empty. I don't think everyone understands how 'the just in time supply chain' effects supply. Shops including supermarkets like to hold as little stock in the storage area as possible, bread is perishable and bulky to boot so it's something they get from the supplier/s as they need it. If everyone rushes out to buy 2/3/4 loaves then you get a massive shortfall with any new stock vanishing almost immediately. It's going to be end of the week before things settle. Today when I was out there was not a space to be had for parking in three largish supermarkets that are all in the same complex.

Are you talking about Lidl and Aldi in Ardkeen? It was mayhem there around lunchtime, cars everywhere and lots of car spaces were taken over by huge lumps of snow so there was less parking as well. It was like a Christmas shopping day! And everybody seemed cranky:pac:

Cantona's Collars

Got a message at 10.30 am on Thursday morning that my workplace was closed,got a circular yesterday saying that we would be paid for the 2 days. Grand or so you might think,but no....we have to work in the time or forfeit the payment for the 2 days.
They say that ibec are telling them they aren't obliged to pay us but reading 2 employment law experts take on it,we are to be paid as our work closed and everyone was available for work on Thursday morning.

Ajsoprano

We are getting paid boss asked for 6 hours overtime over next two weeks to cover it. We agreed. Everyone happy all round.

Fann Linn

jonnycivic wrote: »

They are being paid but annual leave will be taken off them

Not in our place. Only those who booked A/L prior to the red warning will have the leave taken from them.

EPAndlee

I didn't go in Friday or Saturday so I owe my boss two days or take it from my annual leave. He said 'the decision is on ye to come in or not'

Clickbait

Is Portlaoise still snowed in or what's happening up there? I have a package there since last Wednesday. I thought there might be some movement on Sunday and I'd get it on Monday. I'd normally get an update on tracking at 7am in the morning but it still hasn't been moved from Portlaoise.

baylah17

Office was closed Wednesday through Friday, will be paid anyway, great employer.

somesoldiers

Worked from home got full pay. I have the option to work from home when I want but don't as I never get anything done, wife was complaining that I spent most of Wed-Fri in the backroom, typing away on my laptop....