Booze deals [Megathread #2]

amber2 · 17-12-2021 11:44AM

Hotblack Desiato · 17-12-2021 12:01PM

I got that email, Merry Chirstmas everyone 😜

shnaek · 17-12-2021 12:09PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118333115#Comment_118333115

Do we have an opposition?

dinneenp · 17-12-2021 12:12PM

Hi. Any deals for Hop House please?

Sam Russell · 17-12-2021 02:09PM

I think they could start with unit pricing - 24 cans for €24 then one can is €1, not €3.50. So there would be no pressure to buy more than you want.

I saw three young lads - about 14 years old I would guess - staggering away from Tescos a few weeks ago each weighed down with 24 can slabs of beer, obviously on their way to a party. Now if they could buy them in unit quantities, then a six pack was all they would have bought each for their own consumption.

It is the old 'Buy One, Get one Free' that causes so much over buying and consequent waste.

avfc1874 · 17-12-2021 02:35PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118336980#Comment_118336980

I'm proud to say i have never wasted drink 😁

over bought definitely 🤔

Wasted never 😜

okidoki987 · 17-12-2021 03:16PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118336980#Comment_118336980

Surprised it's Tesco as they are **** about getting ID off people unless they got someone else to buy it for them.

amadain · 17-12-2021 03:23PM

Cheapest CRONINS Cider in Tralee ? (Not fooling around TY)

Atlantic Dawn · 17-12-2021 03:26PM

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RocketRaccoon · 17-12-2021 04:06PM

Just been to Lidl and picked up 2 slabs of Guinness and a bottle of their London dry gin for just over €40. These are the best days of our lives lads, it's a shame they won't last much longer.

None of the captain Cook left in my local shop so ill check again tomorrow, could do with stocking up a few bottles of that.

John arse · 17-12-2021 04:37PM

Have adopted a new philosophy/A SLAB A DAY KEEPS MUP AWAY.Gonna see how much i can buy(some great deals out there👍) between now and January.MUP is really making me cut back alright🤔🍺!.

Sam Russell · 17-12-2021 05:11PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118337494#Comment_118337494

Well, it was just round the corner from Tescos, but they could have got it elsewhere because it is also not far from the Dart.

It was three lads - one looked small enough to be in short pants, but the other two could pass for a bit older, but not the advertised 25. They were clearly going to a party, and if they were of the same age, it would be when some boys shoot up but other do not for a few years, hence my guess at 14 years. At that age, boys are between 6 foot plus and 4 foot, but the 4 foot ones will add more quite suddenly in the next wee while.

I guess they either were not checked or they got an adult to buy it for them.

John arse · 17-12-2021 07:47PM

Whats that islands edge like?anyone tried it-i'm curious😉

rogeyspoint · 17-12-2021 07:54PM

Like water.....

John arse · 17-12-2021 08:07PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118339374#Comment_118339374

Uuugh stout that tastes like water sounds like my one and only experience with rockshore -on draught now,tasted and looked like a pint of water imo(haven't tried bottles or cans now) but then some people probably like it.everyone to their own,good luck👍

deisedav · 17-12-2021 09:05PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118339333#Comment_118339333

Had a can, tastes similar to guinness but not as nice

18-12-2021 12:27AM

Anyone get the Heineken bottles for 12 in Tesco? Tried 4 Tesco’s, even different counties and nothing. 26.99 scanned (weird price for 20 bottles) and staff knew nothing of the €12 price and wouldn’t honour it.

odddavey · 18-12-2021 12:48AM

12e in Tesco Clarehall today, plenty of it when I left.

odddavey · 18-12-2021 12:53AM

Suntory Roku gin 25e Tesco

45e supervalu and dunnes

Kilteragh · 18-12-2021 12:58AM

Got the last 660ml Moretti at €2.50 in Tesco Dooradoyle tonight. You thirsty bastards 😁

cathalj · 18-12-2021 01:17AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118336980#Comment_118336980

Sorry , but this argument makes no sense at all ! ...... You are saying that they would have only bought a six pack if the unit price was the same across the board - i.e €1 a can.......if they didn't want to buy 3 cases they could have just bought one case between them - 8 cans each for €1 a go ! ...... that been said, I think MUP is a disaster and fair play to them (hoping they're over 18) for stocking up ‼️😁

zell12 · 18-12-2021 06:31AM

Lidl

deisedav · 18-12-2021 10:47AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118340877#Comment_118340877

Called in to get them as checked the specific website for that shop which said they were 12. Said 27 when I got there. Chap said he didn't know , asked him to ask the manager he came back 10 mins later to say that offer doesn't apply to this shop even though they were advertised as 12 online. Left shop like a dog . Tried to order them on click and collect and no joy either

eh i dunno · 18-12-2021 11:07AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118341298#Comment_118341298

15 quid for jameson? Has it ever been lower? How much will it be once MUP kicks in?

Ohmeha · 18-12-2021 11:31AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118341643#Comment_118341643

Whiskeys that size will have a minimum price of around €22 so not as badly affected as beer but like with beer certain brands like Jameson may want to maintain a premium differential over minimum price so I'd expect cheapest we will see next year €25-€30

dodzy · 18-12-2021 12:10PM

Bud- slabs-€15-Dunnes-now.

John arse · 18-12-2021 12:36PM

Not really mentioned here are CENTRA,handy for a quick hit and run i find(not as cheap as the big boys i know),never jammo either-have molson,bud 24 bottles €15 at moment,12 Guinness draught for €12 too(if you got that in January???)tons of different wine deals too,as i say quick in and out,add to stockpile-happy days,good luck👍🍺

Sam Russell · 18-12-2021 01:03PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118341025#Comment_118341025

You are missing my point.

They were (I assume) going to a party. If the cans were sold each (at whatever price) there would be no 24 can slabs, so how many would they bring each? With no pre-selected number of cans, would it be a six pack each, or a random number? Because the price of a 24 can slab is say €24, and a single can is €3.50, then it makes sense that each buys the 24 slab, since a six pack is nearly the same price. That is why the supermarkets do this - to get you to buy more because the unit price is so much lower. You are in the store and will buy much more of other stuff.

Do you think a 14 year old boy could drink 24 cans over an evening? Would they be able to stand? Would they be puking into the porcelain before the night was out? They were presumable invited to a party and were expected to bring their own drink, and peer pressure determined that a slab was the amount each was to bring - for the reasons explained above. No 14 year wants to be branded a cheap skate, or unable to down loads of cheap beer.

A bottle if wine is the unit an adult would bring to a party because that is how they are sold. If you want to show off, then you get a more expensive bottle, not a case of cheap wine on special offer.

I would prefer 'unit pricing' rather than 'minimum unit pricing'. The latter just gives the seller the opportunity for greater profits as the normal competition is removed.

ActingDanClark · 18-12-2021 01:38PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118341581#Comment_118341581

Just left Tesco baggot st, big stack of them at €12

stdidit · 18-12-2021 02:33PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118342082#Comment_118342082

No offence, but there is more assumptions than cans of beer in your theory!

Booze deals [Megathread #2]

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