Aldi in Laytown

CDW2019

Hi all. We're in the process of buying in Laytown, love the look of the area and think it'll be a half decent place to bring up kids.

I can see they're building an Aldi on the seafront there - just wondered what peoples thoughts are as to whether it's a good or bad thing really?

We'll be just down the road from it (walking distance) I think it'll see an increase in traffic but in the same breath it'll put a bit of new life in to the village which probably won't be a bad thing.

Would now be a bad time to commit to Laytown or would the introduction of the supermarket help the area in the years to come? I liked the villages smaller charm / feel so torn on this.

Any advice appreciated! Cheers.

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Unfortunately Aldi & Lidl manage to infiltrate every small village at some stage.

Laytown is a great spot and this won't take away from it. Lot of rejections to the planning due to the location in the seafront and the fact all trucks will now have to come via Bettystown (past all the schools) but nothing can be done now. Won't take away from Laytown in the long run.

Best bus and train links to Dublin in the North East also. Very little if any anti social behaviour.

CDW2019

Milani Damp Pug wrote: »

Unfortunately Aldi & Lidl manage to infiltrate every small village at some stage.

Laytown is a great spot and this won't take away from it. Lot of rejections to the planning due to the location in the seafront and the fact all trucks will now have to come via Bettystown (past all the schools) but nothing can be done now. Won't take away from Laytown in the long run.

Best bus and train links to Dublin in the North East also. Very little if any anti social behaviour.

Thank you - really appreciate this, it's helped put me at ease. It's a new area for me, bit of an unknown but it seems to be a very solid place to go to and you're absolutely right, ultimately these places do tend to get in and at least it's something affordable too (we'd always go to Aldi when we can as it's that much cheaper).

Ultimately I hope it will be a positive for the area, they don't tend to make these decisions lightly (especially one that's been in limbo for this long and with appeals hanging over it) so fingers crossed it's a positive for all involved.

Thank you for your reply!

Fingers Mcginty

Laytown/Bettystown is a lovely area to raise kids. My two, who are now teenagers love it.

horse7

Is Aldi open yet?

freshpopcorn

horse7 wrote: »

Is Aldi open yet?

Twitter says the 6th of February in places.
The leaflet say January 23rd!

horse7

So is it open?

nc6000

It opens on Thursday.

horse7

This Thursday?

gipi

Thursday 6th February

horse7

nc6000 wrote: »

It opens on Thursday.

You mean Thursday week.

nc6000

horse7 wrote: »

You mean Thursday week.

Yes, apologies. I'm sure we got a leaflet in with the wrong date.

horse7

So is it open?