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So I was in Spar...

projectmayhem

...getting my lunch on when I was approached by a man in a suit with a vaguely mixed British/Irish accent.

In my hand I had at my disposal a nice O'Briens tripple decker sandwich worth about €6.70 with a bottle of lucosade and packet of crisps purchased from Spar.

On my way out the door the suited man asked why I got my sandwich there. He was nice about it, but was adamant that I spend €3 extra because of the O'Briens "hype machine" that makes their food out to be more fresh and tastey then Spars. I informed him that I have had baguettes from Spar on a regular basis, etc. etc.

I then said "I bet you're the district manager"... and he said no, that in fact he's the owner.

I so wanted to turn around and tell him his food doesn't taste as fresh as O'Briens, and his staff barely speak English... but I didn't. So this post is simply me spiritually growing some nuts to tell the owner of Spar what I really wanted to say.

Thank you for your time.

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jd83

yh i know if its busy they just throw it together, and when they put the mayo last it all ends up on the wrapper. But its a big roll and its cheaper than subway or quiznos. i go to the one on kevin street and they usually make them proper

jd83

star-pants wrote:

yeh I got a tuna wrap from spar.... 3.20 and my god it was GACK....
(also charged 3.50 for ribena & an aero... I believe the ribena was 2.60 or something crazy)
Tuna, red onion& cheese toasted wrap in O'Briens - 4.95 worth it!
(altho.. dunnes tuna & sweetcorn from the deli ROCKS)

I went to londis and bought a 100ml smoothie or some sort of mixed fruit drink, didnt look at the price just went straight to the counter. It was 2.99 for 100ml

star-pants

I've bought Lucozade sport mixed berry / new raspberry flavour in different places from as little as 1.30 or thereabouts in dunnes or somewhere to 2.90 in some spar/londis type shop.. MENTAL...

MagicMarker

rory1983 wrote:

I went to londis and bought a 100ml smoothie or some sort of mixed fruit drink, didnt look at the price just went straight to the counter. It was 2.99 for 100ml

Sure i bought a bottle of water in the theatre this evening and that cost me 2.50.... It's free out of the tap god damn it!!!!

jd83

yh i know im not cheap or anything, i love spending money but water or drinks are a rip off in places like spar

Irish Wolf

Dudess wrote:

O'Briens does use its own bread, which I suppose is better than forking out a few euro for a sandwich made with Pat The Baker or Brennans.

They have their own bakery, or do they pay a fee for branding?

huh.. Still ain't found out from the OP what crisps they bought..

delta_bravo

How did this thread warrant 4 pages of response?

Kinetic^

Terry wrote:

I brown bag it.

Yup, me too. Terry's ma, better double bag it!!!

sdanseo

delta_bravo wrote:

How did this thread warrant 4 pages of response?

The issue of the niceness (or surprisingly, not-niceness

) of O'Briens sambos, with particular regard to triple-deckers, needed to be addressed. Clearly.

Back to business, when it comes to the niceness, O'Briens win because their bread is nicer and they have a wider variety of fillings. For value for money though Spar/Centra wins because a chicken fillet roll is half that price and still almost as nice.

Gizzle

O' Briens bread is phat. And Fat. So if you're looking for a serious carb rush, O'Briens is you're love handles/heart attack merchant.

Mint Sauce

rory1983 wrote:

yh i know if its busy they just throw it together, and when they put the mayo last it all ends up on the wrapper. But its a big roll and its cheaper than subway or quiznos. i go to the one on kevin street and they usually make them proper

i think this applys to all shops, depends on location and quality of staff, take subway for example, might go 3 to 4 times a month, or if i'm away some where for the day, and i know where one is, i'll most likely go there

to name a couple of branches for example, i usally get a chicken tariaki, or the pizaaola, was in one in edinbourgh, and the one arcross from connolly station (go to this one any time in dublin), both central locations, noticed they are thrown together quicker, all the meat topping are in pre prepared portion pots, with the sauce toppings all ready in the same portion pot as well, an aulful lot like a convayer belt system

my local subway, or the one near my home place, the sauce is put on the sandwich fresh, you get more of it, or less if you prefer, ok so they use the porton pots for the meats, but you feel they have put more care in to it

jd83

if oyur ever on baggot street or i donnybrook go to donnybrook fair and get a roll their, its always good no matter how busy it is

FunkZ

Yis should all just go to Dunnes Stores, drinks are cheap, food is good.

Red Alert

Superquinn (in Ballinteer) really kick ass for rolls. They use their own hot food (like the sausages and chicken) and their own pizza toppings on the instore baked rolls (which are huge). Tastes great mmmmm

CyberGhost

Duh... you should've asked him for a free sandwich, you know to compare if the tastes are really the same....

Dyr

Supervalu in the mun..just got an oul hot chicken baguette out of it...suprised at the tastiness of it. Its got old skool lettuce in it..you know the stuff thats actually green and conisists of leaves as opposed to the shredded air you get nowadays for lettuce

lovely with a mug of tae...you cant beat a few scalding mugs of tae on a sunday morning..bliss

jd83

Yh this thread is making hungry for chicken fillet roll and a cupo of t

Mint Sauce

just after finishing a breakfast bagette from centra

<licks lips>

Dudess

Irish Wolf wrote:

They have their own bakery, or do they pay a fee for branding?

Not sure actually. It's really good thick, fresh (usually) bread that doesn't taste like any other bread I can think of.

Yeah it's true - how can this thread have reached its fifth page?

Cheeky_gal

Gizzle wrote:

O' Briens bread is phat. And Fat. So if you're looking for a serious carb rush, O'Briens is you're love handles/heart attack merchant.

How did ya work that one out?!?

Hitchhiker's Guide to...

wow - how has no-one mentioned the Brewbaker sandwich from Brewbakers cafe?

probably everyone trying to keep it quiet

The King of Sandwiches

ntlbell

are you ignoring the question for a reason?

what flavour were the crisps

projectmayhem

ntlbell wrote:

are you ignoring the question for a reason?

what flavour were the crisps

i'm ignoring the thread generally. it depresses me that it reached 5 pages when children in africa are starving :'(

salt & vinegar.

EdgarAllenPoo

Hey it could have gotten one comment but that doesn't mean any more food for the starving children.

I wonder which place they would choose to buy lunch if they could.

corkie

Brings back some memories! Worked in a Spar for awhile!

The funny thing was, I used to go to O'Brien's for lunch and to get a decent latte in the morning's even though I could get a instant coffee for free in our staff canteen.

It most have pissed off the owner/manager some. Specially since I drove the delivery van for the shop.

Best wishes to all present and past staff of the store in Little Island.

Regards,
John

Mint Sauce

corkie wrote:

Brings back some memories! Worked in a Spar for awhile!

The funny thing was, I used to go to O'Brien's for lunch and to get a decent latte in the morning's even though I could get a instant coffee for free in our staff canteen.

It most have pissed off the owner/manager some. Specially since I drove the delivery van for the shop.

Best wishes to all present and past staff of the store in Little Island.

Regards,
John

i can see a new thread starting, i wonder do mc'ds staff eat in there own restrants for breakfast, lunch, dinner etc

projectmayhem

GDM wrote:

I wonder which place they would choose to buy lunch if they could.

Spar. it's €3 cheaper then O'Briens...

irish-stew wrote:

i can see a new thread starting, i wonder do mc'ds staff eat in there own restrants for breakfast, lunch, dinner etc

actually a mate of mine worked in BK and said everyone has their lunch there for the first while because you get one free meal (regular size only, no specials) a day... but then they realise how seriously unhealthy it is and stop...

UpcomingStudent

would have been funny to see his face if you DID tell him :P

L1011

eoin5 wrote:

I get lunch from Supervalu. Usually costs me less than 3 euro. A short roll and an apple or banana. Its pretty crap but its better than anything else around. I live in maynooth and theres at least 10 places where I could get my lunch btw. There was a place next door that was good but its gone now, guess why...

Pickwicks? Owner moved on to another business, although competition was part of it...

Gizzle

Cheeky_gal wrote:

How did ya work that one out?!?

Just the fact that in my three years in college I lived on the triple deckers from O'Briens as my one meal a day and then went swimming/rugby/football training. If you don't know the triple decker, it's about 90cm thick and the bread takes up about 60cm of that.