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

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  • #152
    [Deleted User]
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    I don't understand the aldi/lidl love in. I go to aldi only if there is some piece of equipment on Thursday special I want to have a look at and usually have a look around. I don't think its particularly cheap and the quality just isn't the same as supervalue.

    I don't believe stories like "I was spending 130 in tesco and now onky spend 50 in aldi" if you are making saving like that you are buying inferior products and buying less things imo.

    It reminds me of people saying that they spend less using the prepaid electricity meters and how great they are, despite it actually being more expensive to use a prepaid system. They are simply using much less and monitoring their usage more. The same can be done with an normal post-pay ESB setup but people appear blind to the fact.


  • #153
    lufties
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭lufties


    The Clonmel one does really well, Its big and is open 24hrs.


  • #154
    Fred Swanson
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  • #155
    lufties
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    Fred Swanson wrote: »
    This post has been deleted.

    Didn't know that about Clonmel, Think there's an aldi somewhere in town aswell.


  • #156
    homemadecider
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,858 ✭✭✭homemadecider


    LordSutch wrote: »
    A tad harsh maybe :rolleyes:

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

    Lidl have fair trade coffee, chocolate and bananas. I highly recommend the chocolate!


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  • #157
    LordSutch
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    Indeed, but I wouldn't say Tesco are scum :(


  • #158
    Capt'n Midnight
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    qapmoc wrote: »
    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.
    and somehow you think Tesco profits stay here ?

    It's been done to death but Lidl/Aldi would probably source more stuff here than Tesco who would get a lot of it from UK suppliers. Even stuff like cadbury's who have factories here. ( and UK cadbury's chocolate is yukkie because our milk is nicer ;) )




    after care service ?

    ALDI / LIDL tend to be very good on returning stuff with a receipt and giving 3 year service on things that others don't


  • #159
    Capt'n Midnight
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    homemadecider wrote: »
    Lidl have fair trade coffee, chocolate and bananas. I highly recommend the chocolate!
    And fair trade caster sugar (cane) at €1.09 a kilo.


  • #160
    ThisRegard
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    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    and somehow you think Tesco profits stay here ?

    It's been done to death but Lidl/Aldi would probably source more stuff here than Tesco who would get a lot of it from UK suppliers. Even stuff like cadbury's who have factories here. ( and UK cadbury's chocolate is yukkie because our milk is nicer ;) )




    after care service ?

    ALDI / LIDL tend to be very good on returning stuff with a receipt and giving 3 year service on things that others don't

    They have a staff share purchase scheme so more of their money would probably stay in Ireland than from the Germans, and they definitely buy more Irish produce than them.


  • #161
    Archeron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,781 ✭✭✭Archeron


    Anyone see the signs of the strikers at Marks & Spencers today?
    This is not just a strike, this is a Marks and Spencer's strike.

    Brilliant :)


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  • #162
    Capt'n Midnight
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    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.
    Actually they do coupons this month and Aldi now take credit cards too

    Produce coupon before they start scanning.
    if you spend €50 or more get €10 off, simple as.
    The hardest part is trying to spend €50

    Last week - ask friends / neighbours if they still have last weeks paper
    ALDI http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057087398

    Tomorrows Sindo
    LIDL http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057099531


  • #163
    mikemac1
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    Tesco Ballyfermot is the filthiest Tesco in Ireland. The entire management team should be sacked. And some of the wans in there too.

    I've been in Tesco Clarehall which I believe is HQ for Ireland and it is pristine, well laid out and the staff are great.

    How can there be such a difference and the stores are only a 30 minute drive apart?

    Aldi Kylemore Rd is great, can't fault it


  • #164
    Capt'n Midnight
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    dark crystal wrote: »
    Part of the reason Aldi and Lidl cost less, is because there's far less choice than in Tesco, therefore people tend not to pick up impulse buys and extras in the same quantities. I find I have to 'top up' my weekly shop in other stores whenever I do my shopping in Lidl and Aldi too.
    ...
    and a lot of the fruit and veg tends to be hard and under ripe. Nowhere near as great as some people make out.
    Aldi pears in particular. You have to let them age for a week. But after that they are usually the nicest pears out there.

    But that's the whole point. You buy the basics in them. Some of the stuff isn't great, but mostly it's better than Dunnes own brand. Tesco extra value peanuts are OK but anything in that range that needs a recipe is just scary.


  • #165
    BeerFear
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    I buy my fresh fruit and Vegetable out of Dunnes Stores.
    I buy my meat out of a Butchers.
    I check what offers are available in stores online and that's where I buy the rest of the stuff. Save a lot buying stuff on special offers between the stores and there only a 5 min drive between each one.


  • #166
    road_high
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    mikemac1 wrote: »
    Tesco Ballyfermot is the filthiest Tesco in Ireland. The entire management team should be sacked. And some of the wans in there too.

    I've been in Tesco Clarehall which I believe is HQ for Ireland and it is pristine, well laid out and the staff are great.

    How can there be such a difference and the stores are only a 30 minute drive apart?

    Aldi Kylemore Rd is great, can't fault it

    That's singer Mary Byrne's old workplace :D


  • #167
    BeerFear
    Site Banned Posts: 141 ✭✭BeerFear


    road_high wrote: »
    That's singer Mary Byrne's old workplace :D

    I wonder would they still have her chair and if I could sniff her seat.


  • #168
    moxin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,203 ✭✭✭moxin


    mikemac1 wrote: »
    I've been in Tesco Clarehall which I believe is HQ for Ireland and it is pristine, well laid out and the staff are great.

    Didn't Tesco move some of their Irish HQ to India recently?


  • #169
    ThisRegard
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    moxin wrote: »
    Didn't Tesco move some of their Irish HQ to India recently?

    Their HQ is Dun Laoighaire, they do their new product development and testing in Clarehall and some of their call centre stuff is done in Asia/India direction somewhere.


  • #170
    wmpdd3
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    Lads does anyone honestly know how much they spend on food per week? Really.

    I take out €65 and get the shopping, I make a full list and stick to it. If its more than that I put back, I calculate it as I'm going around. I never go to the local shop, if I run out, I borrow from family.

    Most of my friends say their shopping is €100, but they make 3 trips to different shops and pick up 'bits'.

    You just can't be sure what your spending if you got to a few shops, especially if you have a 4 days spread between shops then do you big shop again.

    I also don't believe people who say they save a mint in the discounters, but stop in boots and buy €14 worth of shampoo etc, which I've bought in the supermarket.

    What you spend is your own business until you brag about how stupid I am to be shopping where I shop!


  • #171
    BeerFear
    Site Banned Posts: 141 ✭✭BeerFear


    wmpdd3 wrote: »
    Lads does anyone honestly know how much they spend on food per week? Really.

    I take out €65 and get the shopping, I make a full list and stick to it. If its more than that I put back, I calculate it as I'm going around. I never go to the local shop, if I run out, I borrow from family.

    Most of my friends say their shopping is €100, but they make 3 trips to different shops and pick up 'bits'.

    You just can't be sure what your spending if you got to a few shops, especially if you have a 4 days spread between shops then do you big shop again.

    I also don't believe people who say they save a mint in the discounters, but stop in boots and buy €14 worth of shampoo etc, which I've bought in the supermarket.

    What you spend is your own business until you brag about how stupid I am to be shopping where I shop!

    Yea between 40 and 50 usually for myself. I wouldn't really be that much of a stinge to borrow things off family or be worried if I went over by 5 euro really. Nothing wrong going to your local shop for a litre of milk or a loaf of bread


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  • #172
    wmpdd3
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    True, but then you havent kept to your grocery budget, any overspend has to come out of the utilities money.


  • #173
    The_Pretender
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    wmpdd3 wrote: »
    True, but then you havent kept to your grocery budget, any overspend has to come out of the utilities money.

    I understand where you're coming from in relation to people who do absolutely no planning and buy bits from whatever shop they're near at the time, but if you only do your weekly in shop in one particular store then you will never get the absolute most out of your money.

    If you look around and see what's on offer in different shops, then you can budget for it.


  • #174
    stehyl15
    Closed Accounts Posts: 598 ✭✭✭stehyl15


    A lot of people here are saying they hate dunnes i dont know but i really like dunnes. The store in cornelscourt is very nice they recently put in self service checkouts which is handy. I hate the supervalu in deansrange it smells of sh!t and my local spar is cheaper. I dont know how it stays in buisness with dunnes nearby and a lidl across the road.


  • #175
    Sir Humphrey Appleby
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    Simple economics, Tesco are wildly expensive, people cant afford that anymore.


  • #176
    LordSutch
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    Have to Love the 'Clearance section' in Tesco. The later in the day the better as the prices tumble. 7pm and I can buy a all sorts of meats & desserts to be used by todays date, and more often than not they are fine for at least the next couple of days.


  • #177
    The Diabolical Monocle
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    Where else to go when you're jonesing for some chocolate at 1am ??

    manys the time they've saved me from the shakes.


  • #178
    Ah-Watch
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    I shop in Tesco the whole time for these reasons, prepare to call me daft if you like...

    Tesco employs a good few friends - yes I'm aware the profits go out of town but They are still employed.

    Dunnes even though I find them better quality for some things it's painful shopping there - it's a new enough store but my god it's full of old tellers who take all day to scan out your 5 items and count out your change- yes I do want the right change but it shouldn't take them as bloody long to count it out.

    Lidl - our local lidl is pretty run down though they are currently in theoddle of doing it up, it's messy , dirty and anytime I go in I find it hard to get whatever I'm looking for ( yes I am fully aware of where everything should be) but cannot find it in stock / bad quality.

    Aldi- currently looking into opening new store in town. Will prob shop there a bit as always found them good living elsewhere


  • #179
    Heroditas
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    stehyl15 wrote: »
    A lot of people here are saying they hate dunnes i dont know but i really like dunnes. The store in cornelscourt is very nice they recently put in self service checkouts which is handy. I hate the supervalu in deansrange it smells of sh!t and my local spar is cheaper. I dont know how it stays in buisness with dunnes nearby and a lidl across the road.

    The Lidl and Super Valu in Deansgrange might work well with each other.
    People might tend to buy some stuff in one shop and then pop across the road to get the rest of the groceries in the other one. Otherwise they might just head up to Cornelscourt to buy the whole weekly shopping.

    Smell of sh1t? Sounds like the dairy fridge needs a good scrubbing down. Nothing worse than a dirty dairy fridge. Sour dairy produce is vile


  • #180
    sparksfly
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    We buy our bread at a local bakery, our meat at the butchers and fruit & veg at a greengrocers. The balance comes from the local SuperValu that employees 110 people. The selection and quality from small local suppliers is without comparison. We buy Irish produce unless its unavailable.

    Our total weekly bill is approx 95euro, less than our friends who shop in Tesco / discounters.
    Looking at the amount of Irish retailers that operate in UK and Germany, I would do my best to support Irish stores where possible. Germans will absolutely not support foreign food retail. They are fiercely patriotic when it comes to competition from foreign stores.

    That's only my decision though, I'm a believer in free choice when it comes to market forces in retailing.


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  • #181
    awec
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    A mix of them all to be honest.

    Generally we try and get stuff in Aldi / Lidl as much as possible but at times there are things they don't stock / we prefer the branded stuff. For fruit and veg and meat Aldi and Lidl are great - it's all the other random things that you might not find. They sell all the basics and they sell them cheap. Sometimes we need certain cuts of meat and you know you have no chance of getting that in Aldi / Lidl - they rarely do anything outside of the steak / burger / chop / mince categories.

    Maybe they do if you buy frozen - but I don't like buying frozen meat.


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