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Smithwicks Availability

  • 17-06-2020 3:10pm
    #1
    srfc d16
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    As the title suggests I am wondering if anyone has had any issues trying to find Smithwicks?
    My local tesco, Dunnes, Lidl, Supervalu and off licence have not had any in stock for around 2/3 weeks.
    Staff in the off licence told me that the brewery had been shut for covid so they had not had any more deliveries and all the stock that had been brewed has now been sold.
    Has anyone come across it in the last week in South Dublin?


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  • #2
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,112 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    No sign of it north of the Liffey either I'm afraid :(

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



  • #3
    Tabnabs
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,750 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    Two weeks ago now, but saw it in a couple of Lidl in the D24 area no problem.


  • #4
    Pen Rua
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,006 ✭✭✭Pen Rua


    I was in Dunnes in Cork City this afternoon and they had a couple of bottles on the shelves as I recall it.


  • #5
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,112 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    FYI the cans of Red Ale are showing as back in stock on Tesco website, at least for Clare Hall which covers northside deliveries.
    It's the 8 X 500Ml Can pack for €14.50

    No sign of the individual cans or bottles for the rest of the range.

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



  • #6
    Losty Dublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,237 ✭✭✭✭Losty Dublin


    srfc d16 wrote: »
    As the title suggests I am wondering if anyone has had any issues trying to find Smithwicks?
    My local tesco, Dunnes, Lidl, Supervalu and off licence have not had any in stock for around 2/3 weeks.
    Staff in the off licence told me that the brewery had been shut for covid so they had not had any more deliveries and all the stock that had been brewed has now been sold.
    Has anyone come across it in the last week in South Dublin?

    Where abouts are you? I've seen it in a few Supervalu branches, in bottles at least.


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  • #7
    imme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,200 ✭✭✭imme


    I have seen it in Tesco northside in the past week.

    Do you think there's a shortage OP.
    Maybe people have taken it up.

    It is Diageo so there shouldn't be a shortage.


  • #8
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 69,529 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    imme wrote: »

    It is Diageo so there shouldn't be a shortage.

    Depends entirely where Diageo is directing capacity. I would imagine in-home consumption has gone up and if they are short of canning capacity you'd think they'd focus on keeping the marquee brands (Guinness, Hop House, Rockshore) in stock currently


  • #9
    imme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,200 ✭✭✭imme


    L1011 wrote: »
    Depends entirely where Diageo is directing capacity. I would imagine in-home consumption has gone up and if they are short of canning capacity you'd think they'd focus on keeping the marquee brands (Guinness, Hop House, Rockshore) in stock currently

    If it was always less than c. 5% of the home market I can't see that that would be much of a challenge to keep some Smithwicks knocking about.


  • #10
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,112 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    It was sold out in 4 different places I looked in last few weeks - Tesco & Supervalu stores.

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



  • #11
    L1011
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    imme wrote: »
    If it was always less than c. 5% of the home market I can't see that that would be much of a challenge to keep some Smithwicks knocking about.

    It also means it's the obvious thing to drop if you're short on capacity. Changing over line takes time


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  • #12
    srfc d16
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 331 ✭✭srfc d16


    imme wrote: »
    I have seen it in Tesco northside in the past week.

    Do you think there's a shortage OP.
    Maybe people have taken it up.

    It is Diageo so there shouldn't be a shortage.

    I saw some bottles in O'Briens over the weekend but no cans. The staff in O'Briens told me that they had not had a delivery of cans for over a month. Dunnes told me they hadn't received either cans or bottles in 6 weeks.
    Most likely they are focusing on bigger sellers for the time being


  • #13
    watlantic
    Registered Users Posts: 155 ✭✭watlantic


    :)It's back in the west. Bought a few cans last week at the local supermarket, which didn't have it for a couple of months, and had a couple of draught pints of it with my meal today.


  • #14
    srfc d16
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 331 ✭✭srfc d16


    Got some at the weekend so looks like we are back to normal now.


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