Are Tesco finished in Ireland, do you shop there anymore?

moxin · 06-12-2013 07:23PM #1

Read earlier in the week that Tesco sales were down 8% in Q3 2013 (:eek:) which is a massive drop. http://www.rte.ie/news/business/2013/1204/490767-tesco-trading-update/

Then just over an hour ago at peak evening hour on a Friday a few weeks before Xmas I popped into a large Tesco Extra in Dublin and the place was like a ghost town(well about 50 people max

). I just could not believe my eyes as at this time last year it was so busy, I was sick of the queues then.

Today, some checkouts were closed, the maximum queue at the other checkouts was about 2 people :eek: Even 1 girl at a checkout was twiddling her thumbs waiting for a customer! Only 1 person out of a possible 12 shoppers was paying for their stuff at the unmanned ones!!
As I was driving out, the petrol station hadn't a single car on its forecourt!! I guess no wonder as it was charging 1.61 for petrol instead of about 1.50 elsewhere. I promptly threw my 5cent off coupon receipt in the bin.

I know Tesco have been putting prices up on the sly for a good while, so where have ye all gone shopping to? Ze Germans, ze Dealz or your local convenience store? Perhaps Dunnes?

To sum up, wtf has happened to Tesco?

PizzamanIRL · 06-12-2013 07:25PM

The horse scandal probably caused some people to leave.

Aldi/Lidl is cheaper anyway.

snubbleste · 06-12-2013 07:25PM

Thread needs a pole, a tesco pole.

suicide_circus · 06-12-2013 07:26PM

Aldi and lidl basically. It pains me when I have to shop in tesco

edgecutter · 06-12-2013 07:27PM

Aldi and Lidl are the places to go. Tesco is just far to expensive, and the quality of the products in their own brand is p*** poor.

Gatame · 06-12-2013 07:28PM

Here in Galway City the 24hr tesco does very well, can't speak for anywhere else.

ABajaninCork · 06-12-2013 07:33PM

I did shop in Tesco today. But didn't buy much. Bought some bits on offer & some Parmesan. Don't shop there much as the prices are high & the quality crap.

Dunnes, Lidl & Aldi together with the local butcher for me!

snubbleste · 06-12-2013 07:35PM

Gatame wrote: »

Here in Galway City the 24hr tesco does very well, can't speak for anywhere else.

That's because its right beside a Lidl and an Aldi

cnocbui · 06-12-2013 07:36PM

I shop in Aldi, Lidl and Tesco and just at the moment, Dunnes as well as they are about the only place that still has Pink Lady apples at a reasonable price.

I will shop anywhere that has what I am after at a reasonable price, and there are quite a few items that you won't find anywhere other than in Tesco - in my neck of the woods anyway.

I have no problem with Tesco as they have dropped their prices to match the competition and i wouldn't touch the mince from Lidl with a barge pole.

If the cost of the comparable groceries within your shopping is cheaper at Aldi or Lidl, we’ll give you a voucher for the difference (up to €10).

http://tescopricepromise.ie/

shruikan2553 · 06-12-2013 07:37PM

Still use tesco for my main shopping. Dont find Aldi and Lidl as good as people make it out to be.

Annasopra · 06-12-2013 07:38PM

Nah Tesco calls Ireland Treasure Ireland. Their profits here are huge but they hide them in their consolidated accounts.

rustedtrumpet · 06-12-2013 07:39PM

Bout time they left to be honest, leave Irish business alone

kneemos · 06-12-2013 07:42PM

edgecutter wrote: »

Aldi and Lidl are the places to go. Tesco is just far to expensive, and the quality of the products in their own brand is p*** poor.

Is piss a banned word?

06-12-2013 07:43PM

I absolutely hate tesco. Have done for a long time. I'll use them for beer or something if I was passing but I would never go there to do "a shop".

Superquinn is nearest to where I work, and they have loads of offers on so I use them. There's no Aldi near me and I don't like lidl. I use Dunnes sometimes too.

I wouldn't ever buy fresh food in tesco.

Baked.noodle · 06-12-2013 07:44PM

I am usually disappointed with quality of Tesco's own brand, Simply Finest included. Here in Galway the Tesco Express is charging 85 Cent for a litre of Milk. It's cheaper everywhere else I looked. I often pay odd prices in Tesco, such as €1.06, which leaves me with loads of crappy change especially if you use the auto teller. Dunnes often have deals on branded stuff, but not so much in Tesco. Aldi and Dunnes for the win.

jam_mac_jam · 06-12-2013 07:46PM

Hate the. Never shop there. Go to lidl and superquinn or sometimes dunnes. Tescos fresh food is shockingly bad and I eat a lot of veg

Sh1tbag OToole · 06-12-2013 07:46PM

I dont go in there anymore really whereas I used to before.

I dont quiete know what put me off the place..

moxin · 06-12-2013 07:48PM

Poll added.

Ah yeh the milk, its gone up to 1.69 for their own brand 2L. Everywhere else is still at 1.50.

keith16 · 06-12-2013 07:48PM

It's a horrible supermarket. I avoid it at all costs.

RoutineBites · 06-12-2013 07:48PM

Personally I do, "the shop" in Aldi or Lidl purely because it's cheaper. Which is usually supplemented by a smaller, "shop" in Tesco's afterwards. Both Aldi, Lidl and Tesco are in close proximity to one another in Galway too, which is convenient. I don't notice a massive difference in the quality of products between stores really. I think there'll only be major differences in the food if you want to imagine that there is. I will say however, that some of Tesco's particular fruit and vegetables are nearly always of poor quality, but I could say the same for some of Aldi and Lidl's fresh produce too. The meat is grand in the three of them.

Deleted User wrote: »

I absolutely hate tesco.

Want to say as to why?

NWPat · 06-12-2013 07:50PM

Tesco has a 27% of all supermarket trade in Ireland, 5% ahead of its nearest rival Dunnes. To sugest, on these figures, that Tesco is finished in Ireland would be as far off the mark as you could get.

mikeym · 06-12-2013 07:51PM

Tescos ok I have no problem with it.

Wonda-Boy · 06-12-2013 07:51PM

I absolutely defeat the place, but my missus doesn't like the Dunne's in navan (which is bad) the thing I hate the most about tesco is the sell by date on 99℅ of their stuff is c!ose to being out of date the next day. Drives me ****in mental and they get rid if the popular brands and stock their own brand crap. Would rather take a spin to Jewry for sainsburys etc et .

SV · 06-12-2013 07:52PM

Ah it's all about Aldi.

Lidl is not in the same category as Aldi, Lidl can feck off.

Yawns · 06-12-2013 07:53PM

Do my shopping where the best value is tbh.

Atm I get all my meats from a farm shop. Prices are good, quality is great and they often do fantastic specials which puts the prices better than supermarkets. Then I get the rest in Aldi / Lidl with the odd 1 or 2 things in Tesco. Dunnes I barely visit once every 2 months or so. Super Valu is probably the worst of the lot imo.

Slunk · 06-12-2013 07:53PM

Always used to go to tesco at the weekend and stock up on beer and junk food buy can't remember the last time. Always seems to be lidl or Aldi these days. Although saying that. Its unpredictable, went to tesco Clearwater one night about ten at night and it was jammed. Was a bit baffled

colly_06 · 06-12-2013 07:53PM

Tesco is like the new M&S, only the fancy people shop there now

06-12-2013 07:53PM

RoutineBites wrote: »

Want to say as to why?

Their fruit and veg is tasteless. They're expensive. You have to examine everything you buy to make sure it's within date. You have to triple check your receipt to make sure you haven't been overcharged. The staff in the one closest to me, are for the mostpart horrible, ignorant, and wouldn't know how to spell customer service.

So yeh. That's why

keith16 · 06-12-2013 07:54PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Their fruit and veg is tasteless. They're expensive. You have to examine everything you buy to make sure it's within date. You have to triple check your receipt to make sure you haven't been overcharged. The staff in the one closest to me, are for the mostpart horrible, ignorant, and wouldn't know how to spell customer service.

So yeh. That's why

Also, they have exploited the jobsbridge scheme.

The Backwards Man · 06-12-2013 07:57PM

I like M&S

You've never had a sausage roll until you've had a M&S sausage roll

keith16 · 06-12-2013 07:58PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I like M&S

Also, I am dyslexic.

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