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

Dermighty · 07-12-2013 12:10PM

kneemos wrote: »

Is piss a banned word?

yes.

pharmaton · 07-12-2013 12:12PM

The only time I shop there is if I happen to be passing and then its just to skim by the clearance shelves to see if there are any cheap cuts of meat for the dog. I got her a steak for 2.50 yesterday so she was happy.

ThisRegard · 07-12-2013 12:49PM

miss no stars wrote: »

It's not nonsense. Look very closely at some of the labeling. Irish written all over it, then check the origin stamp and it says UK, probably northern Irish, hence allowed to market as Irish. None of the guaranteed Irish stickers, but enough to dupe people in a hurry.

It is nonsense. Any food processer in the island of Ireland is allowed to have the Irish label, every single food producer bar none does this, it's not Tesco sticking an Irish factory stamp on UK food in the backroom. If you have a problem, complain to the EU.
Check out Wexford Cheese for example and see what the factory code is on their cheese, it's not an Irish one.

voz es wrote: »

I shop in supervalu their Irish and they look after the Irish a lot better, like that they have lots of local suppliers on display keeping money more local. mind some of their shops can be disasters.

Tesco also do this, go into a regional Tesco and they'll have a large selection of local produce that you can't get elsewhere.

mfceiling · 07-12-2013 01:05PM

mud wrote: »

Aldi for tinned stuff like tomatoes and chickpeas.

Local veg shop - fresh, local, gizzit.

Local butcher for meat.

Tesco for that crack cocaine jalapeno houmous /drool.

Superquinn for fresh bread and local milk once a week.

Health food shop for fresh honey from local suppliers.

I'm a local shopper from local people (for the most part)

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moxin · 07-12-2013 01:14PM

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

you do know that's policy in Tesco, it's called 'one in front' and it's designed to cut queueing for customers.

What I had meant was that these checkouts were closed and cordoned off with stock blocking them, i never saw that before in the same place. Of about 20 checkouts, at least 7 were permanently closed in a line. And yet the other checkouts were struggling to get a queue of customers, nearly each checkout was open this time last year serving customers, footfall was seriously down.

Nonoperational · 07-12-2013 01:16PM

I tried Aldi and Lidl. For some stuff it's ok, but I just don't like it. Tesco or Supervalue for me.

mud · 07-12-2013 01:39PM

mfceiling wrote: »

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Give me it = gizzit! :P

.jacksparrow. · 07-12-2013 01:42PM

Was just in a big one there and it was empty.

No Christmas music, no music at all, like a graveyard it was!

marketty · 07-12-2013 02:25PM

hmmm wrote: »

Aldi and Lidl are supermarkets built with men in mind. You want jam? Certainly, red or yellow? The product you bought last week is in the same place this week. You go to a store somewhere else, everything is still in the same place. They don't do coupons and have women fiddling in their handbags at the counter. Take your goods and pack them over at the window, stop holding up the queue. Cool, an electric whatsimajig, I've always wanted one of them and how could I not buy it at 19.99. Oh look at that in the specials, snuckerbockers, it could be sweets, sardines or engine oil, I'll have a try anyway. In and out, weekly shop done in 10 minutes.

This is me.

languagenerd · 07-12-2013 02:26PM

Lots of Tesco Express/ Tesco Metro stores opening around the place - are they trying to move into being a convenience store rather than a supermarket?? I'll keep going there for the €3 lunch deals, anyway

Working in Dublin city and being very disorganised when it comes to bringing packed lunches could cost me half my wages in lunch money if I ate out every day :P

Reekwind · 07-12-2013 02:30PM

Out of curiosity, does anyone here order their groceries? I ask because it seems increasingly popular here in London

languagenerd wrote: »

Lots of Tesco Express/ Tesco Metro stores opening around the place - are they trying to move into being a convenience store rather than a supermarket?

'Convenience' is very much a buzzword in retail right now. Be careful though as they are, not surprisingly, dearer than the superstores

Rubberchikken · 07-12-2013 02:30PM

Aldi and Supervalu with only a very rare item from Tesco.
Supervalu have a great range and great staff,in my town anyway.
Aldi for almost everything except shampoo/moisturiser, so they come from Tesco or Boots if there's an offer on them.
CN'T BE BOTHERED WITH dUNNES.

mike65 · 07-12-2013 02:31PM

If the poll at the top of this thread is an indicator then Tesco are fine and Dunnes are in trouble.

I shop at Lidl as Aldi are in the wrong places right now but a third shop is being added in Waterford and that is one I'll use.

shruikan2553 · 07-12-2013 02:32PM

voz es wrote: »

The funny thing is if we all shopped local the country would be a lot quicker getting its self back on its feet.

The major retailers in Ireland do not give two flying f's for Ireland. We are is a nation of consumers known for over paying for things so a good place to make money, the term 'Treasure Ireland' first came in with the mobile phones I think.

Also to compete the Irish owned companies have been ruthless, I have heard one particular national retailer are one of the worst companies to deal with for business relationship and fair payment for suppliers. Rep's hate going in and the buyers are said to be total bullies. Nothing like the Irish beating down on their own :-/
I shop in supervalu their Irish and they look after the Irish a lot better, like that they have lots of local suppliers on display keeping money more local. mind some of their shops can be disasters.

When local shops can provide the same selection and an equal or lesser price I will consider them. My grandmother shops locally and every time she comes back she is telling us how she had to go to both shops and then to super valu or lidl to get the rest. I'll save myself the time and skip straight to the larger shops. Tesco, dunnes, aldi and lidl are all close to me. If super valu decides to set up in the opposite direction to the other shops then I wont be going there.

snubbleste · 07-12-2013 02:34PM

shruikan2553 wrote: »

When local shops can provide the same selection and an equal or lesser price I will consider them. My grandmother shops locally and every time she comes back she is telling us how she had to go to both shops and then to super valu or lidl to get the rest. I'll save myself the time and skip straight to the larger shops. Tesco, dunnes, aldi and lidl are all close to me. If super valu decides to set up in the opposite direction to the other shops then I wont be going there.

Ah but that's because she has to chat to everyone in all those stores.

BillyMitchel · 07-12-2013 02:36PM

Super value took over my local superquinn so there or Dunnes.

Can't think of Super Values sales figures but look them they are mental!

LordSutch · 07-12-2013 02:47PM

One_More_Mile wrote: »

Tesco are scum
Aldi & Lidl fair play

A tad harsh maybe :rolleyes:

Talking of fair play, at least Tesco do fair trade.

K-9 · 07-12-2013 02:49PM

hmmm wrote: »

Aldi and Lidl are supermarkets built with men in mind. You want jam? Certainly, red or yellow? The product you bought last week is in the same place this week. You go to a store somewhere else, everything is still in the same place. They don't do coupons and have women fiddling in their handbags at the counter. Take your goods and pack them over at the window, stop holding up the queue. Cool, an electric whatsimajig, I've always wanted one of them and how could I not buy it at 19.99. Oh look at that in the specials, snuckerbockers, it could be sweets, sardines or engine oil, I'll have a try anyway. In and out, weekly shop done in 10 minutes.

You might be onto something there, I rarely shop in Tesco any more, and the amount of times they've changed the layout probably has a part in that, plus Aldi and Lidl are just much cheaper, you just get far more for €50. The quality thing used to be an issue, but the longer these stores are here, the more they adapt to the Irish market. I wouldn't have bought tea in Aldi or Lidl before, but the Irish blends they do now are excellent.

There's still a few things I wouldn't buy there, and I find Centra meat the best out of the supermarkets, they do some great deals, €6 for 820g of diced beef last week, great value for stew. I was in Tesco for the first time in ages last week, and that was because of Clubcard vouchers because I've Tesco mobile, wouldn't have bothered other wise.

mike65 · 07-12-2013 02:50PM

LordSutch wrote: »

A tad harsh maybe :rolleyes:

Talking of fair play, at least Tesco do fair trade.

As do Lidl - can't speak for Aldi.

K-9 · 07-12-2013 02:51PM

LordSutch wrote: »

A tad harsh maybe :rolleyes:

Talking of fair play, at least Tesco do fair trade.

Aldi and Lidl do as well, Lidl do a nice instant granules coffee.

SpaceTime · 07-12-2013 02:56PM

Best combination is Aldi / Lidl for the basics and then shop in SuperValu/Quinn, M&S, gourmet/artisan shops and farmers markets for the nice extras.

Probably ultimately puts more of your spending power into the local economy instead of a load of mediocre own brand products.

LordSutch · 07-12-2013 03:08PM

Do we know who the largest supermarket chain in Ireland is?

Might it actually be Tesco?

allthedoyles · 07-12-2013 03:13PM

Had 5 item breakfast with toast /jam in Tesco this morning €4.95 .......that price cannot be beaten around here for breakfast.

dx22 · 07-12-2013 03:25PM

Fruit and veg and way cheaper and way nicer/fresher in Lidl than Tesco

I noticed a few earlier posts where people have said the fruit in Tesco stays fresher for longer in comparioson to other places

I would be very suspicious of fuit/veg that takes a while to decompose, makes you wonder how it was grown or chemically treated

K-9 · 07-12-2013 03:26PM

LordSutch wrote: »

Do we know who the largest supermarket chain in Ireland is?

Might it actually be Tesco?

Used to always be Tesco with Dunnes a bit behind.

Tesco loses market share to Dunnes, SuperValu - Retail News | Service Industry News | The Irish Times - Tue, Oct 01, 2013

26.8% in September, used to be around 30%.

22.1% Dunnes and 19.7 Super Valu, I think Dunnes used to be around the 22% level anyway.

24% growth by Aldi! :eek:

qapmoc · 07-12-2013 03:42PM

the quality of stuff in lidl / aldi is worse, and the selection is much worse too. I bought something in the middle isle in lidl once and had to take it back as it was such poor quality / not fit for purpose, and their after care service in lidl is non-existant too. Plus I believe the profit and money spent in lidl in Ireland go straight to Germany.

moxin · 07-12-2013 05:46PM

Nov 10th update on market share http://www.irishtimes.com/business/sectors/retail-and-services/tesco-loses-market-share-to-aldi-dunnes-stores-and-lidl-1.1607076

Tesco has seen a 6 per cent drop in sales leading to a 1.5 per cent decline in its share of the multibillion Irish grocery market.
The retailer may still have a biggest market share but Dunnes is catching up, growing its share to 23.6 per cent, while Tesco’s fell to 26.5 per cent

Aldi and fellow German discount retailer Lidl increased their respective market shares to 7.4 per cent and 6.9 per cent during the 12 weeks to November 10th.

On the smaller Tesco Express stores, I never quite understood why they stock some items that you never find in the big Tesco stores even in the same geographic area

swimming in a sea · 07-12-2013 05:55PM

My girlfriend does the food shopping and always does it in M&S, expensive but she said food is much better quality.
I often go to Tesco as they have usually some really good offer on chocolate/sweets... but I've been going to the gym and eating healthy for a while now so have not been in there.

Aldi/Lidl piss me off as queues are always too long, they should have an express/10 items checkout and then I might go in there.

SpaceTime · 07-12-2013 06:04PM

LordSutch wrote: »

Do we know who the largest supermarket chain in Ireland is?

Might it actually be Tesco?

Largest is Musgrave's (SuperValu, Superquinn and Centra) in terms of store volumes anyway.
Nobody knows what Dunnes' turnover is as they're a private unlimited company and Tesco doesn't publish separate figures for IRL so it's hard to know.

I'd wonder a little about some of these figures.

oppenheimer1 · 07-12-2013 06:34PM

While Tesco will be very disappointed with their results, to say they're finished is a massive overstatement. The reason for the drop in custom is that they have suddenly found themselves the least competitive in a very competitive market. Aldi and Lidl are growing their market share through clever promotions and advertising very much focussing on the home grown aspect of a lot of their fresh produce. I also think its finally dawned on many consumers that much of the stuff you find on the discounters is the same as many branded products but with a different label.

Tesco's new strategy is to tap into the convenience market. I don't know much about the figures quoted, but if they have a 9% drop in sales despite opening a lot of new convenience stores, well there will be a battle for custom starting soon. This kind of war will be good for the consumer but the driving down of prices will cause Irish producers to suffer. The last time Tesco lost custom they had a huge price promotion, something about switching to UK distributors iirc.

It will be interesting to see how they react though, strangely too, they are having the same problems in the UK too.

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

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