Last 24 Hour Tesco in Dublin is now to close at midnight

cros13 · 18-10-2015 07:36PM #1

So... bad news for us night owls.
The last 24 hour Tesco in Dublin started closing at midnight beginning last night.

Tesco in Blanchardstown (Roselawn) stayed going 24 hours two years after the other Tesco stores in dublin cut back opening hours.

RIP... I'm shopping online from now on.

The Moldy Gowl · 18-10-2015 07:37PM

Shop online all you want, would rarely go into 24 hour tescos.
They were a Celtic tiger fad and not sustainable.

Notavirus.exe · 18-10-2015 07:38PM

Great, I'll get the lads together and we'll sneak in there tonight.

Fleawuss · 18-10-2015 07:38PM

I always thought of the 24 hour stores as the Spawn of the boom. If there was a demand they'd still be there.

TheLastMohican · 18-10-2015 07:39PM

That's got to be good news for Aldi/Lidl!

Datallus · 18-10-2015 07:42PM

What kind of sociopath does their shopping in the wee small hours anyways?

There's usually a 24hr convenience store around for emergencies but who needs a head of lettuce at 3am?

AllGunsBlazing · 18-10-2015 07:46PM

Datallus wrote: »

What kind of sociopath does their shopping in the wee small hours anyways?

There's usually a 24hr convenience store around for emergencies but who needs a head of lettuce at 3am?

Sociopath?! I'm a misanthrope, if you don't mind.

Terrontress · 18-10-2015 07:47PM

Do they not have people working through the night stacking shelves, cleaning, security etc anyway?

I thought that the only additional staff needed were extra cashiers, and very few of them as self service checkouts do most of it.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 18-10-2015 07:47PM

Lament all you like OP. Obviously no demand whatsoever for this kind of nonsense. You have 7 days a week and late nights available for buying a few groceries.
It never made sense to have any stores open 24 hours.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 18-10-2015 07:49PM

Terrontress wrote: »

Do they not have people working through the night stacking shelves, cleaning, security etc anyway?

I thought that the only additional staff needed were extra cashiers, and very few of them as self service checkouts do most of it.

No they don't have people in store all night. That was the fallacy put out at one time to try to justify 24 hour opening.

Bottom line; it just doesn't pay.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 18-10-2015 07:50PM

TheLastMohican wrote: »

That's got to be good news for Aldi/Lidl!

Why? Nobody was using the 24 hour facility anyway, or it would still be available.

NachoBusiness · 18-10-2015 07:50PM

Fleawuss wrote: »

If there was a demand they'd still be there.

The demand is certainly there for Parnell St.

Every night they turn away a few dozen people between 10:50pm and 11:00pm (apart from Sunday when they do it an hour earlier).

Dame St Spar, Centra and few city centre Londis are 24 hour though.

I met Mundy out shopping in Dundrum Tesco one night around 3am and I said 'Alright Mundy, how's it going' and we got chatting about how eerie the place was at that hour. You'd half expect to see only people buying duct tape at shovels at that hour. I'm not suggesting Mundy is a serial killer now or anything.

18-10-2015 07:51PM

I used to enjoy doing my shopping at 4am after finishing my shift in a bar. You would get the place to yourself.

18-10-2015 07:56PM

Datallus wrote: »

What kind of sociopath does their shopping in the wee small hours anyways?

There's usually a 24hr convenience store around for emergencies but who needs a head of lettuce at 3am?

Ah when you finish work at 4am and get your shopping done. Or if you're working all night and you get it done on your break its great.
It means having a fridge/cupboard full of food when you get up in the afternoon/evening.
Sit on couch in pyjamas for the evening ðŸ˜€

cros13 · 18-10-2015 07:57PM

Deleted User wrote: »

I used to enjoy doing my shopping at 4am after finishing my shift in a bar. You would get the place to yourself.

...also no traffic and less queueing at the checkouts.

The convenience stores don't have anywhere near the range of products. I always find myself needing something the petrol stations and spars don't have just 10 minutes after the supermarkets all close.

Notavirus.exe · 18-10-2015 07:57PM

Deleted User wrote: »

I used to enjoy doing my shopping at 4am after finishing my shift in a bar. You would get the place to yourself.

The perfect crime. :cool:

mikeym · 18-10-2015 08:30PM

Its all about profits and if its not making money at 4 in the morning it shouldnt be open.

The_Valeyard · 18-10-2015 08:31PM

was only in there before at 2am,

was a strange experience,

lots of shelves getting restocked and work about the place,

and a whole load of Muslims, I think, in traditional dress, stocking up the trolleys with food.

18-10-2015 08:34PM

Noooooooooooooooooo

I'm a shift worker and loved being able to do my shopping at 3am. Balls to this!!!

punisher5112 · 18-10-2015 08:35PM

Always brings me back to years ago when they started 24hour for Christmas.

It will be back open 24hours around the end of the year for a while.

18-10-2015 08:39PM

I used to love visiting the 24hr Tesco.

If I was struck with a bout of insomnia I'd go in about 2 am and have a wander around. Pick up a rake of things that I had zero need for. Earrings, socks, those Fox's chunky chocolate chip biscuits, fancy fabric conditioner, and even...wait for it.....leather arm chair wipes!!!!! 'Magine!

Spanish Eyes · 18-10-2015 08:42PM

If the off license could be open 24 hours though........

Turtyturd · 18-10-2015 08:51PM

Dominic Puny Plankton wrote: »

No they don't have people in store all night. That was the fallacy put out at one time to try to justify 24 hour opening.

Bottom line; it just doesn't pay.

They do.

Riddle101 · 18-10-2015 08:57PM

I don't see what the problem is with 24 hour stores tbh. They're obviously there for convenience. Say if you work a night shift, you may need something on your way home from work in the early hours of the morning, or maybe before you go into work, or during work. You might have trouble sleeping one night and decide to go for a ramble, or you might be sick and need some medicine. There are plenty of reasons for 24 hour stores.

Ush1 · 18-10-2015 08:57PM

NachoBusiness wrote: »

The demand is certainly there for Parnell St.

Every night they turn away a few dozen people between 10:50pm and 11:00pm (apart from Sunday when they do it an hour earlier).

Dame St Spar, Centra and few city centre Londis are 24 hour though.

I met Mundy out shopping in Dundrum Tesco one night around 3am and I said 'Alright Mundy, how's it going' and we got chatting about how eerie the place was at that hour. You'd half expect to see only people buying duct tape at shovels at that hour. I'm not suggesting Mundy is a serial killer now or anything.

Was that Sunday night into Mundy morning?

nullzero · 18-10-2015 09:03PM

Boo hoo, I remember being in one when they first started the 24 hour opening years ago in a huge queue at 3am, how amazing it was.

KungPao · 18-10-2015 09:18PM

Our population is too low for large 24hr places. I remember going into a bowling place one time about 10 years ago after a very late shift with a few lads from work. We went in for some food as were all in bits with hunger, and the place was empty. They advertised hot food around the clock but in reality they had to turn everything on especially for us. The staff just looked at us like we were weirdos so we just finished up quickly and got the hell out of there.

Dublin is a ghost town from around 12 to 7AM, just no reason for a big supermarket to be open at that time. One or two shift workers or taxi drivers popping in for jacks roll and a packet of jaffa cakes isn't gonna pay the bills.

Medusa22 · 18-10-2015 09:40PM

Ah this makes me nostalgic for the days that Mahon Point Tesco in Cork was 24hrs and my sister and I would do our grocery shopping at about 1am, I was late teens and she was early twenties and we were both nightowls/misanthropes.

I got a shock when they stopped doing 24 hour and I actually had to do my grocery shopping with others present, kept bumping into people, awful! Still avoid doing my grocery shopping at the weekend because the supermarket is so packed.

shovel · 18-10-2015 09:43PM

The wilton store in cork is still 24 hour according to the website.
Is the republic of cork busier than Dublin?

DivingDuck · 18-10-2015 09:48PM

I miss the 24hour stores; they were a great boon to perpetual night owls as well as shift workers. Shopping in complete solitude was always a great experience, although I often found the stock (particularly on veg and fruit) a bit lacking.

Availability of any business offering is based on financial viability, though, so I completely understand why they went the way of ads about tracker mortgages.

Medusa22 · 18-10-2015 09:57PM

shovel wrote: »

The wilton store in cork is still 24 hour according to the website.
Is the republic of cork busier than Dublin?

Oh I just checked and the website says that it is indeed open 24 hours, good to know! Well, if you see a girl in her late twenties raiding the chocolate aisle at 2am in Wilton, you'll know who it is

Though I have to admit that it is odd that the last 24 hour store is closing in Dublin but apparently there is one still open in Cork. Unless they get the business because they are right next to Cork University Hospital? I don't know.

Last 24 Hour Tesco in Dublin is now to close at midnight

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