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

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  • #32
    rubadub
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    Datallus wrote: »
    What kind of sociopath does their shopping in the wee small hours anyways?
    What sort of a freak fucking sociopath goes shopping at 7 or 8pm -oh right, those fortunate enough to work a 9 to 5 job.:rolleyes:
    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..
    Mine still has late night packers, you can see the lights still on and people pulling up thinking its still open. They are not there all night long but expect if they planned it right they could have less night workers, working longer and security and a single checkout open just a little later on some nights.

    Mine was 24hrs which I thought was unnecessary, but with the current hours I doubt they are maximising potential profits.

    Mine now strangely has a 7am to midnight opening every night, as though there is identical demand each and every night -now that makes no sense to me. They also close at 8pm on all bank holidays, I remember calling out to a woman telling them they were closed as she was getting a trolley and she looking at me like I was taking the piss. The local takeaway around the corner loves it. The takeaway is open till 12.30 or 1.30 on friday & saturday nights, -who would have thunk people would typically be up later on a friday or saturday?!?

    Are there any shops that charge a premium for "after hours sales" like takeaways and pubs might? it would seem a bit odd but just like it or lump it.


  • #33
    Mr. CooL ICE
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    Don't use them now that I work 9-6, but when working night shifts, nighttime shopping was deadly. On my days (or nights) off, I kept the same sleeping pattern so slept during the day.

    If there was no 24 hour shopping, I could have still gone in the evening, but usually the shelves were half empty. At 3am, the shelves are already stacked and the fresh produce is out. And not a single pensioner moving their trolley at snailpace to navigate around.


  • #34
    whatdoicare
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    In fairness, who can afford to do their weekly shop in Dunnes/Tesco nowadays?? I only shop there for small bits and pieces usually costs me more than a full trolley in Aldi.


  • #35
    wakka12
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    Don't know how it lasted as long as it did tbh..Went into the MASSIVE tesco in dundrum after 12 every so often and never soul in sight. Im sure the huge electricity bill and cost of keeping workers and cleaners in late was much more than they would have made in profits from the ten or so shoppers buying milk and bread during the early hours.


  • #36
    wakka12
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    whatdoicare wrote: »
    In fairness, who can afford to do their weekly shop in Dunnes/Tesco nowadays?? I only shop there for small bits and pieces usually costs me more than a full trolley in Aldi.

    A lot of people apparently..thats how those shops are staying open


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  • #37
    cros13
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    Medusa22 wrote: »
    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.

    I don't think the website is updated very often. It still says roselawn is 24 hour and it continued to say Maynooth was 24 hour a year after it started closing at midnight.


  • #38
    DivingDuck
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    whatdoicare wrote: »
    In fairness, who can afford to do their weekly shop in Dunnes/Tesco nowadays?? I only shop there for small bits and pieces usually costs me more than a full trolley in Aldi.

    Plenty of people; any time I'm in one, there's never a shortage of queues. I like Lidl a lot, but I will be very saddened if the likes of Tesco are driven to closing by the discount chains, because there's a wealth of choice in them you don't get elsewhere, and which I personally enjoy.

    That said, I suppose I'm being a massive hypocrite since I do half my shopping in Lidl now because of the price, so I'm not contributing to keeping them open as much as I could be... On my own head if they do go belly-up, I suppose.


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