What Shops would like to see in Kilkenny?

road_high · 05-09-2012 10:43AM #1

My list would be Dealz, M&S, Clarks, possibly Tesco but not too pushed on them, House of Frazer (one can dream!!), Tommy Hilfiger, Home Store and More.

Deliverance XXV · 05-09-2012 01:10PM

I would love to see Dealz and Home Store + More come to Kilkenny. Dealz just opened in Carlow too.
While it's smaller than Dealz in Newbridge or Portlaoise but still a great little shop - I always come out with three or four €1.49/1.99 DVDs!

road_high · 05-09-2012 01:26PM

Deliverance XXV wrote: »

I would love to see Dealz and Home Store + More come to Kilkenny. Dealz just opened in Carlow too.
While it's smaller than Dealz in Newbridge or Portlaoise but still a great little shop - I always come out with three or four €1.49/1.99 DVDs!

Ah, seriously? Why does Kilkenny always have to be so behind the times with new shops? I suspect a mix of strict planning and high rents.

S28382 · 05-09-2012 08:46PM

Having Tescos here would be great

femur61 · 06-09-2012 08:54AM

mfitzy wrote: »

Ah, seriously? Why does Kilkenny always have to be so behind the times with new shops? I suspect a mix of strict planning and high rents.

Maybe there is not the market for them!

foxcoverteddy · 06-09-2012 09:00AM

M & S, not that they are cheap, but there is a certain ring about the store, House of Fraser and Tesco, why we haven't got Tesco is an insult to all who live in Kilkenny, the council should be ashamed of themselves.
PC World and Curry's, Harvey Norman and why not Iceland.
If we had a proper ring road we might interest more to come, however we have to be careful not to upset those who want the town to be for tourist's.
Sort of Fcuk the people who live here.

road_high · 06-09-2012 01:32PM

femur61 wrote: »

Maybe there is not the market for them!

Maybe but when they are in towns half the size of us in the West ya gotta ask questions

Captain Havoc · 06-09-2012 01:54PM

Having a Tesco here really doesn't do it for me. M&S would be nice but I can't see what any of the previously mentioned shops would bring. I think a lot of it is grass being greener tbh. A lot of the previously mentioned shops are only 30 minutes away.

foxcoverteddy · 06-09-2012 02:07PM

you maybe right about Tesco, it is very similar to Dunnes, however having competition would ensure Dunnes do not run away with the spoon.
Yes some of the shops are not far away, with the price of fuel what is wrong having them on our doorstep.
I personally would love to have Sainsbury's or Morrison's, but think for a moment the move is from large supermarkets to the convenience store.
Woodies have no competition, what about Homebase or B & Q.
The grass always seems greener on the other side, so when you get there it is still greener on the other side, think about that.

Captain Havoc · 06-09-2012 02:14PM

foxcoverteddy wrote: »

you maybe right about Tesco, it is very similar to Dunnes, however having competition would ensure Dunnes do not run away with the spoon.
Yes some of the shops are not far away, with the price of fuel what is wrong having them on our doorstep.
I personally would love to have Sainsbury's or Morrison's, but think for a moment the move is from large supermarkets to the convenience store.
Woodies have no competition, what about Homebase or B & Q.
The grass always seems greener on the other side, so when you get there it is still greener on the other side, think about that.

Woodies have plenty of competition, I find Woodies very expensive and it wouldn't be on my list of places to shop. Go to Hebron and you'd probably find anything that you'd get in Woodies for a lot less. I work in Carlow and do shop in Tescos but that's more out of convenience than anything else, here in Kilkenny I'd mostly shop in LIDL or Aldi as they're on my way home and out of town. If I do need to head into town I'll hop on the bike, I don't think I've ever bought anything in Carlow because I couldn't get it in Kilkenny.

road_high · 06-09-2012 03:43PM

The big one is a toy shop. Kilkenny is crying for a decnt one like Ken Blacks/Smyths!!

foxcoverteddy · 06-09-2012 08:12PM

mfitzy, well done, I have an eleven year old and two grand children 4 and 1 year, so toy shops are imperative, though we go to either clonmel or Waterford or Carlow. If we don't get any thing else a Toy shop please.
I would like a Pizza Hut, sort of up on the Woodies Estate. foxy

kikel · 06-09-2012 09:08PM

For those that want a tescos ya can get all you want on www.tesco.ie they deliver to KK everyday. Me? Happy with Dunnes, aldi and super quinn. Then a few local shops for smaller items and fuel. Can see the need for a decent toy store alright. Can't think of any good ones.

The one thing KK has got better than other towns of similar size is pubs and restaurants. I just don't have enough money or time to enjoy them all, KK a great place to live.

PaulKK · 07-09-2012 08:30AM

foxcoverteddy wrote: »

I would like a Pizza Hut, sort of up on the Woodies Estate. foxy

They have closed the majority of them and I think the couple that are left are take away only, so can't see that happening.

Don't get the tesco love either, I find most stuff in Dunnes and especially Superquinn to be better quality, especially meat and fruit.

foxcoverteddy · 07-09-2012 10:09AM

In truth there is not much to choose between Dunnes and Tesco, the fruit and veg do not come up to the standard of Superquinn or Lidl for that matter, however you really want the top one, try Supervalu, our one in Callan though small is brilliant and so is Loughboy.
Still reckon Tesco would balance the scales.
We have now got a specialised bike shop, but it is perhaps not well advertised and Dean St is really a bit pokey, but at least we have one and of course Halfords.
A decent steak house might be good, one that doesn't charge the earth, I guess a real fish restaurant wouldn'tg go amiss.

Formosa · 07-09-2012 10:24AM

Hooters

foxcoverteddy · 07-09-2012 10:46AM

perhaps formosa could be a little more specific, what is Hooter's, can anyone help, this is a relatively fun thread, please don't spoil our enjoyment with one word answers, thanks

fabbydabby · 07-09-2012 01:45PM

They give their customers horns.

foxcoverteddy · 07-09-2012 03:08PM

Formosa, please accept my sincere apology relating to Hooter's, and would fabbydaby not go round expecting to get Horns.
The restaurants look upmarket to what we have, so understand you.
Wel done and many thanks. Foxy

seven_eleven · 07-09-2012 07:27PM

+1 for Tesco. It just has everything you need and much better products for great prices. I often find myself going around to Supervalu, dunnesstores, superquinn etc looking for items and they dont have them. Just little small stuff that I know tesco will have in great deals.

Should have been put in McDonagh tbh. Dunnes is a borefest.

road_high · 07-09-2012 07:33PM

Have to say that is Tesco's biggest plus; the range they carry is immense.

zcorpian88 · 07-09-2012 07:48PM

Would love to see a Debenhams in Kilkenny, often find awesome clothes in the one in Cork whenever I visit.

Maybe an Apple store (That'll never happen)

Move KFC closer to town also, way too out of the way imo.

Actually I cant think of many more now, Kilkenny has got a lot better since McDonagh opened. Before they opened I was complaining about the town not having a HMV and now we got one.

Not too bothered about Tescos, we have too many supermarkets in too close proximity. Too much choice when it comes to supermarkets with Dunnes being king of them all.

Threadhead · 09-09-2012 08:10PM

Living in Dublin, I do most of my shopping in Tesco as its closest to where I live. I also live in proximity of Dunnes, Lidl, Aldi (all on the same road) and Superquinn, just nearby. Of these, Tesco has the least choice of all those supermarkets, although I do shop there for convenience and find it does the trick.

But Kilkenny doesn't need a Tesco for either choice or for convenience. The supermarket problem baffles me... surely we have choice and convenience covered in Kilkenny? I agree with the opinion that the Tesco love is pure 'grass is greener' stuff.

A toy store would be great though. And a Hooters. And decent men's clothes stores are hard to come by.

catbear · 10-09-2012 12:22PM

Threadhead wrote: »

And a Hooters.

Open your eyes man, you'll see more flesh on rose inn street on a weekend than you'd see in a strip club.

foxcoverteddy · 10-09-2012 12:26PM

I thought Hooters was an upmarket sort of MacDonalds, isn't it?

catbear · 10-09-2012 01:26PM

foxcoverteddy wrote: »

I thought Hooters was an upmarket sort of MacDonalds, isn't it?

Hooters and McDonalds aren't targeting the same market so comparisons aren't really just.
McDonalds are limited to chicken breasts whereas Hooters have a great variety.

road_high · 19-09-2013 08:41PM

Shame to see superquinn absorbed into the super valu brand. Means less choice of supermarkets in kilkenny again.
No tesco, no m&s, no Iceland. Make what you will of the merits or not of any of those, it would still be nice to actually have the choice.

foxcoverteddy · 19-09-2013 09:33PM

It Is strange this thread has been rekindled after a year, in that time we have lost our HMV, a great many shops in Market cross and a coffee shop in Irish town and a cycle shop has appeared in Patrick st, the sofa store in Loughboy has given up the ghost, various shops have opened in Smithlands and lastly Musgrave's are ditching the Superquinn name:
The argument still rages as to whether or not we need another Supermarket, or why should Kilkenny be the odd one out.
It has been said that tourists do not need stores, and as such Kilkenny is adequately served for the tourists.
Grafton Street is not that far away on Irish Rail, I like Brown Thomas, or I can go to Kildare for the outlet experience, we do not need any more stores in Kilkenny, do we?
Truth is can Kilkenny support more stores, does the internet provide greater choice?

stampydmonkey · 19-09-2013 10:11PM

Burger king...born...tesco...decent outdoor shop like portwest..in no particular order!

Only relatively new to Kilkenny but would also like to see shops to open a bit earlier on a Sunday (say 10am or 10.30) and a bit later on a Thursday evening (say 8pm). Just seems a lot of shops are missing out on trade. Been in town on Thursday evenings and Sunday mornings recently and there is always a good few knocking but most shops are closed! I'm talking about the centre of town and not McDonagh Junction.

road_high · 23-12-2013 08:20PM

See Burger king open in Carlow. Another outlet KK doesn't have, sadly.

kikel · 23-12-2013 09:01PM

Heard Burger King had opened in Carlow. Not a fan myself but wouldn't object to one opening in Kilkenny.

I think Spar opening on High Street was a good idea. A decent convenience store was badly needed in the town centre.

What Shops would like to see in Kilkenny?

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