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Waitrose taking over Dunnes?

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  • #32
    repsol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 754 ✭✭✭repsol


    summerskin wrote: »
    We can but dream....
    Waitrose is one of the three things I miss the most about England. Wish they had shops over here.

    What are the other 2 things?


  • #33
    TomoBhoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 179 ✭✭TomoBhoy


    dj jarvis wrote: »

    they are the most miserable bunch of staff i have come across,
    im honestly starting to believe there is a special camp where they house and train their staff

    never understood why they were SO grumpy - now i know
    thanks internet
    you should try SuperValu in wicklow
    Such customer service lacking


  • #34
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    TomoBhoy wrote: »
    you should try SuperValu in wicklow
    Such customer service lacking

    the staff in supervalu in arklow are very pleasant and i find as a customer in there that manners towards staff pay dividends


  • #35
    Pottler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,073 ✭✭✭Pottler


    summerskin wrote: »
    We can but dream....
    Waitrose is one of the three things I miss the most about England. Wish they had shops over here.
    Is Jordan the other two?


  • #36
    TomoBhoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 179 ✭✭TomoBhoy


    admiralofthefleet wrote: »

    the staff in supervalu in arklow are very pleasant and i find as a customer in there that manners towards staff pay dividends
    I said wicklow not arklow
    Though the weekend girls are normally spot on


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  • #37
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    OU812 wrote: »
    She bought a couple of the items - pasta, biscuits, tinned tomatoes.

    pushing the boat out...?


  • #38
    Abi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,058 ✭✭✭✭Abi


    Merkin wrote: »
    Waitrose is high-end so I'm not sure where the hell they found the connection with Dunnes tbh
    I wouldn't by far call Dunnes 'high end', but they're loosing their knickers to Aldi and Lidl and the likes while most of the country have their arses against the wall financially. They mightn't be high end, but they are still expensive comparatively.

    I was in a nearby Dunnes about two weeks ago and the girl at the counter told be one of the Waitrose big wigs was in.


  • #39
    The Idyl Race
    Closed Accounts Posts: 222 ✭✭The Idyl Race


    Corruptedmorals wrote: »
    They have stocked Waitrose products for years..usually luxury stuff especially at Christmas- cake, pudding. They must be branching out a bit if they're stocking pasta and biscuits. Nothing to (worry) about- not that I would, having worked for them I'd be delighted if they were taken over- every single shred of the bad rep they have as employers is well deserved, and then some.

    The John Lewis Partnership, a co-operative of its workers, owns Waitrose and the John Lewis stores. I would work for them in a heartbeat, and their well deserved rep as Middle England's favourite stores has a great deal to do with their well earned reputation as an ethical investor and employer.

    Dunnes on the other hand..

    Put it to you this way. I've brought Waitrose Essentials in a supermarket in Saint Lucia. It didn't mean that JLP had brought them out. I think Johnny Marr's twitter response to David Cameron liking the Smiths is somehow appropriate.


  • #40
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    "Never knowingly undersold"


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