Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie

Supermarkets - the Megathread

1…1516182021…79

Comments

  • #512
    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,137 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    splinter65 wrote: »
    Unfortunately these places have a bad reputation for price gouging and always having perishable items with short dates on them. It’s always going to be seen by most as the last resort, 9 pm on Sunday night option.

    Not the case around here. Local Soar and XL well stocked and prices as good as ever. Use by dates are no different to what we get in the bigger supermarkets. Not as good a range but all the essentials.


  • #513
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,712 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    What have petrol stations been like? Haven’t been at one but have been expecting them to be haywire since last night.
    I need both diesel for the car and petrol for the mower.


  • #514
    Muahahaha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,768 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    Petrol stations have been fine in my experience though do bring a pair of gloves with you for the pump. My local Circle K has markings on the floor to keep a 2 metre distance. The local Inver doesnt but its very quiet so you're generally the only person in the shop anyway.

    Theres also no chance of fuel shortages with nobody travelling any great distances.

    Was in Aldi a few hours back. Very quiet in there and good stocks of everything. Supervalue on the other hand was cleared out of bread and lots of fruit and veg was missing too.


  • #515
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,712 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Muahahaha wrote: »
    Petrol stations have been fine in my experience though do bring a pair of gloves with you for the pump. My local Circle K has markings on the floor to keep a 2 metre distance. The local Inver doesnt but its very quiet so you're generally the only person in the shop anyway.

    Theres also no chance of fuel shortages with nobody travelling any great distances.

    Was in Aldi a few hours back. Very quiet in there and good stocks of everything. Supervalue on the other hand was cleared out of bread and lots of fruit and veg was missing too.

    I might see will work buy a 1000 litre cube in case people start stock piling fuel.


  • #516
    Muahahaha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,768 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    Why would they stockpile though? We're on lockdown, its not like people are going to drive to Kerry and back. Most people will probably be doing less than 40 or 50km a week for the next few weeks.


  • Advertisement
  • #517
    Jinglejangle69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,128 ✭✭✭Jinglejangle69


    Small easter eggs that were 3 for 5 euro last week in dunnes are now 2.49 each.

    I suppose they are providing a vital service at the moment so what can ya do.


  • #518
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,712 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Muahahaha wrote: »
    Why would they stockpile though? We're on lockdown, its not like people are going to drive to Kerry and back. Most people will probably be doing less than 40 or 50km a week for the next few weeks.

    I mean people buying it to sell once this is over and the price rockets back up. They could put a dent in supplies. I’m still going to be doing around 800-1500km a week myself.

    Plus, we’re a nation of maniacs so will rush out to buy diesel with nowhere to go. Look at the shopping after people being told numerous times that food supplies are ok.


  • #519
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    Jinglejangle69 wrote: »
    Small easter eggs that were 3 for 5 euro last week in dunnes are now 2.49 each.

    I suppose they are providing a vital service at the moment so what can ya do.

    5 small for 5 in Tesco today. 2 large for 8 .

    4 small for 4 in SuperValu yesterday.


  • #520
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    ReginaldSmythV wrote: »
    I mean people buying it to sell once this is over and the price rockets back up. They could put a dent in supplies. I’m still going to be doing around 800-1500km a week myself.

    Plus, we’re a nation of maniacs so will rush out to buy diesel with nowhere to go. Look at the shopping after people being told numerous times that food supplies are ok.

    Only thing I'm buying to stockpile is Kerosene. 44.9 cent a litre . Casey's Roscommon town.


  • #521
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,282 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    ReginaldSmythV wrote: »
    What have petrol stations been like? Haven’t been at one but have been expecting them to be haywire since last night.
    I need both diesel for the car and petrol for the mower.


    Passed 2 today, both quieter than normal. Nice to see a drop in the price of fuel, a plus I suppose from the virus.


  • Advertisement
  • #522
    Shady Grady
    Closed Accounts Posts: 234 ✭✭Shady Grady


    Dunnes store prices on basic stuff has increased steadily over the months.Moreso lately as compared to other shops. They all get the same items from the same place. And I'm sure at the same price. But since Dunnes do this voucher deal, it makes people shop and overpay just to use them.If anyone should be investigated for price gouging,it would be them.IMO


  • #523
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,675 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    ReginaldSmythV wrote: »
    Plus, we’re a nation of maniacs so will rush out to buy diesel with nowhere to go. Look at the shopping after people being told numerous times that food supplies are ok.

    I don't think people are shopping like that cos they think the supermarkets will run out (maybe an exception for pasta because of the situation in Italy) ... it's cos they want to be able to go weeks without needing to go to a supermarket at all.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • #524
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,712 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    odyssey06 wrote: »
    I don't think people are shopping like that cos they think the supermarkets will run out (maybe an exception for pasta because of the situation in Italy) ... it's cos they want to be able to go weeks without needing to go to a supermarket at all.

    I doubt much of our pasta comes from Italy. More likely an industrial estate in Clondalkin or Sheffield or something.


  • #525
    Jinglejangle69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,128 ✭✭✭Jinglejangle69


    Plumbthedepths wrote: »
    5 small for 5 in Tesco today. 2 large for 8 .

    4 small for 4 in SuperValu yesterday.

    Cheers.


  • #526
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,675 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    ReginaldSmythV wrote: »
    I doubt much of our pasta comes from Italy. More likely an industrial estate in Clondalkin or Sheffield or something.

    LIDL, Supervalu and Tesco own brand pasta comes from Italy.

    If you've spotted pasta ingredients in a supermarket here that is made in Ireland please share.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • #527
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,712 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    odyssey06 wrote: »
    LIDL, Supervalu and Tesco own brand pasta comes from Italy.

    If you've spotted pasta ingredients in a supermarket here that is made in Ireland please share.

    Maybe not so, though I’d find it strange that it does. For something that would be so easily processed by machinery it’s mad nobody has started doing it here.


  • #528
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,675 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    ReginaldSmythV wrote: »
    Maybe not so, though I’d find it strange that it does. For something that would be so easily processed by machinery it’s mad nobody has started doing it here.

    No worries, I was surprised too when I checked. I thought the own brand stuff would come from Uk\Ireland and the premium stuff from Italy. But even the 65c lasagne sheets come from Italy.

    Not sure how quickly factories here could tool up to produce it but given the increased demand here for non-perishable food and the drop in output from Italy they'd clean up, at least temporarily.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • #529
    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,137 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    ReginaldSmythV wrote: »
    What have petrol stations been like? Haven’t been at one but have been expecting them to be haywire since last night.
    I need both diesel for the car and petrol for the mower.

    There's absolutely no shortage of fuel and the prices are great now too.


  • #530
    sheepsh4gger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 622 ✭✭✭sheepsh4gger


    So I went to my Tesco Metro an hour ago, just when the sun set.
    There was a line of people stretching maybe 50 meters all outside waiting for their turn to get in.
    I decided not to stand in line, instead went for a walk around the block, returned and the line was only 20 meters so I joined it.
    Some woman was tailgating me on the side walk and ran in front of me to get first in the line. There was a Chinese guy with a massive bag. People fidgety and panicky but still following rules.
    The Tesco employee let me in after waiting about 10 minutes. The rule appears to be for every person leaving there is one going in.
    The woman that got in front of me was complaining there are not gloves. I had my own nitrile ones already. I don't think there was hand sanitizer out.
    Shelves are fully stocked inside apart from the toilet paper one being half empty. I grabbed the last washing up liquid from the shelf - I suspect they are only putting out a small number of bottles at a time.
    Most checkout machines are disabled for distancing reasons.
    Staff calm and professional, mostly in early 20s. Customers not as much.


  • #531
    sheepsh4gger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 622 ✭✭✭sheepsh4gger


    sheepsh4gger wrote: »
    So I went to my Tesco Metro an hour ago, just when the sun set.
    There was a line of people stretching maybe 50 meters all outside waiting for their turn to get in.
    I decided not to stand in line, instead went for a walk around the block, returned and the line was only 20 meters so I joined it.
    Some woman was tailgating me on the side walk and ran in front of me to get first in the line. There was a Chinese guy with a massive bag. People fidgety and panicky but still following rules.
    The Tesco employee let me in after waiting about 10 minutes. The rule appears to be for every person leaving there is one going in.
    The woman that got in front of me was complaining there are not gloves. I had my own nitrile ones already. I don't think there was hand sanitizer out.
    Shelves are fully stocked inside apart from the toilet paper one being half empty. I grabbed the last washing up liquid from the shelf - I suspect they are only putting out a small number of bottles at a time.
    Most checkout machines are disabled for distancing reasons.
    Staff calm and professional, mostly in early 20s. Customers not as much.
    Just to add - this is in middle of Dublin


  • Advertisement
  • #532
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,633 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    As soon as the announcement was made last night, I seen shops get over run....

    Seriously if you were that stuck you should have had something to eat even something tinned.....


    Hell takeaway were running perfectly...

    Wonder was it mainly a rush on booze.


  • #533
    LoughNeagh2017
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,074 ✭✭✭LoughNeagh2017


    I think Easter eggs are over priced even when on offer. 2 large easter eggs for £8, I got Maltesers and M&Ms, you just got 3 malteser rabbits with them and 3 wee bags of M&Ms. You could probably get 20 bars of wispa for that price.


  • #534
    anewme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,142 ✭✭✭✭anewme


    Not panic buying. Staying away from the huge supermarkets and sticking with local Centra, Eurospar (which is pretty decent) . No queues and staying within my own cluster so to speak. The couple of quid more (if even that) is worth the stress relief.

    We underestimate the value of these small local franchises in our Community.


  • #535
    Sheep Shagger
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 7,054 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sheep Shagger


    Tesco off licence earlier had NO specials on any beer or wine....poor form but nothing you can do if you want to buy.


  • #536
    Happy4all
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,089 ✭✭✭Happy4all


    Will the middle aisle in Aldi stay open given it's generally non food stuff?


  • #537
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    Sheep Shagger wrote: »
    Tesco off licence earlier had NO specials on any beer or wine....poor form but nothing you can do if you want to buy.

    ya what about people who want to drink the next two weeks into oblivion

    just have to do with homebrew i suppose :(


  • #538
    Sheep Shagger
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 7,054 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sheep Shagger


    Happy4all wrote: »
    Will the middle aisle in Aldi stay open given it's generally non food stuff?

    Their website for 'special buys' is greyed out after tomorrow so looks like not..

    https://www.aldi.ie/c/specialbuys/dates/2020-03-29


  • #539
    Sheep Shagger
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 7,054 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sheep Shagger


    fryup wrote: »
    ya what about people who want to drink the next two weeks into oblivion

    just have to do with homebrew i suppose :(

    Not everyone wants to drink into oblivion but killing any specials is a bit off.


  • #540
    Happy4all
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,089 ✭✭✭Happy4all


    Sheep Shagger wrote: »
    Not everyone wants to drink into oblivion but killing any specials is a bit off.

    It's a depressant , hardly what we need.


  • Advertisement
  • #541
    Sheep Shagger
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 7,054 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sheep Shagger


    Happy4all wrote: »
    It's a depressant , hardly what we need.

    Ah give it a break, a bottle of wine or a beer with dinner is perfectly fine.


Advertisement