Shopping in Northern Ireland

emc2 · 14-10-2008 1:24pm

I got 12 miller for £10 at the weekend.

JohnCleary · 14-10-2008 1:37pm

Hi guys,
Great thread.

Can I ask a question?
We're heading to Belfast for the day on Friday (just for a daytrip) and want to stock up on:
Magners/Bulmers
Some nice Rosé wine
Jack Daniels

Where should I go in Belfast for this?

Cheers lads

mailburner · 14-10-2008 1:44pm

emc2 wrote: »

I got 12 miller for £10 at the weekend.

That's dearer than here unless less its cans you're talking about

often can get 20 330ml btls here for 18eu or less possibly

smashey · 14-10-2008 1:58pm

Asda regularly have 24 bottles of miller for £10.

CombatCow · 14-10-2008 1:59pm

mailburner wrote: »

hi,

If anyone can give me any idea what price the likes of
corona, tiger, sol and vodka (Any brand) are then i
would be grateful.
It's a fair drive from galway just for beer tho with xmas in
mind it would be a big shop.

Corona is on offer here now 12 for 15eu
tiger generally 6 330ml btls for 11eu or
2.69 for one 500ml btl
sol 6 330ml btls for 10eu
70cl smirnoff 17.99eu
Can these price be beaten by much?

70cl smirnoff - £10, same for Malibu, Baileys 1L £14 (Tesco/sainsburys)

Corona Extra 12x330ml £11 (Tesco)

Black Tower White 75cl, £5

(sainsburys)

Tiger Beer 640ml Bottle £1.76 or 2 for £3.00 (Tesco)

Sol Mexican Lager 4x330ml Bottles £3.48 or 2 for £6.00 (Tesco)

Forgot to say, gillette mach3/fusion blades are nice and cheap up there too.

CC

muffler · 14-10-2008 2:01pm

I can only tell you that the smirnoff 70cl is £9.95 in Asda = €13 or less

8 x 1 pint bottles of Bulmers for £9 = €11.50 approx also in Asda

muffler · 14-10-2008 2:06pm

Forgot to mention. Most if not all the shops in the border towns will accept euro and dont normally rip people off. Asda for example were giving an exchange rate last week of £1 = €0.785.

A very rough guide to calculate your sterling prices to euro is to add about a quarter on (+ a few cents). For example something costing £20 would be about €25 and add maybe 50 - 70 cents. The only downside to this is that if you use the example given they will charge you €30 and give you the change in sterling coins.

mailburner · 14-10-2008 2:13pm

CombatCow wrote: »

70cl smirnoff - £10, same for Malibu, Baileys 1L £14 (Tesco/sainsburys)

Corona Extra 12x330ml £11 (Tesco)

Black Tower White 75cl, £5 (sainsburys)

Tiger Beer 640ml Bottle £1.76 or 2 for £3.00 (Tesco)

Sol Mexican Lager 4x330ml Bottles £3.48 or 2 for £6.00 (Tesco)

Forgot to say, gillette mach3/fusion blades are nice and cheap up there too.

CC

sweet

huge savings
thanks for that
2 640ml tigers for £3 is amazing compared to to
one 500ml bottle here for 2.69eu (never on offer either)
practically half the price
there'll be an awful lot of those winging their way
back to galway next month
:P

Ste.phen · 14-10-2008 3:04pm

Awesome, I'll have to get myself a few crates of Tiger. I presume Cobra is similarly discounted up there too?

upthewalls · 14-10-2008 7:19pm

another bonus with shopping in the North is that you do not have to pay a plastic bag levy..(yet)

wyndham · 14-10-2008 7:20pm

Philips CFL bulbs are 3 for £1 in Sainsburys.
Think they are subsidised by British Gas or something.

Max 12 per customer (in theory).

Redpunto · 14-10-2008 7:47pm

upthewalls wrote: »

another bonus with shopping in the North is that you do not have to pay a plastic bag levy..(yet)

I always try and shove a load of extra bags in with the shopping, I cant help myself, its like being in a kid in a sweet shop and free sweets:D

Redpunto · 14-10-2008 7:49pm

OK, need people's recommendations, gonna go up at the weekend so where should I go,,, ill be heading up m1 and hitting Newry first, bear in mind there will be two midgets in the back so dont want to go too far off track. Want to try somewhere else other than sainsburys in the Quays, the shelves always look empty. Thank you

hellboy99 · 15-10-2008 1:41am

Redpunto wrote: »

OK, need people's recommendations, gonna go up at the weekend so where should I go,,, ill be heading up m1 and hitting Newry first, bear in mind there will be two midgets in the back so dont want to go too far off track. Want to try somewhere else other than sainsburys in the Quays, the shelves always look empty. Thank you

Asda in Enniskillen would be your best bet to be honest and it's cheaper than Sainsburys.

josh59 · 15-10-2008 9:38am

Redpunto wrote: »

I always try and shove a load of extra bags in with the shopping, I cant help myself, its like being in a kid in a sweet shop and free sweets:D

it's great we almost cleared out Asda in Pwllehli of plastic bags when we shopped there coming home from out hols

I know we all want to do our bit for the enviroment but the old plastic bags are very handy although you are starting to see people in the UK bring their own shopping bags to the supermarkets.

JohnCleary · 15-10-2008 11:21am

JohnCleary wrote: »

Hi guys,
Great thread.

Can I ask a question?
We're heading to Belfast for the day on Friday (just for a daytrip) and want to stock up on:
Magners/Bulmers
Some nice Rosé wine
Jack Daniels

Where should I go in Belfast for this?

Cheers lads

Sorry to be bumping my own post, but can anyone help me out here? Don't have a clue where to go in Belfast

TarfHead · 15-10-2008 11:36am

I assume any big supermarket (e.g. Sainsburys) or off-licence (Waitrose ?) will provide you with the choice and value you ask for. If that's all you're going North for, then you don't need to go as far as Belfast.

ThOnda · 15-10-2008 1:11pm

Sainsburrys on your way home (is it Lurgan exit?) has really nice selection of wines.

JohnCleary · 15-10-2008 2:51pm

TarfHead wrote: »

I assume any big supermarket (e.g. Sainsburys) or off-licence (Waitrose ?) will provide you with the choice and value you ask for. If that's all you're going North for, then you don't need to go as far as Belfast.

We're heading up for a day trip anyways, so will just do the lot there

Heading there from Sligo

DonJose · 15-10-2008 3:50pm

After reading the following from the finance minister who just increased my yearly taxes by over €4k, I am going to make a huge effort to do as much shopping in the north as possible. I have a Ford Galaxy which I will fill to the roof with items purchased in the north. Thanks for starting this thread, it would be great to have as a sticky. I'm fuming :mad:

"The Minister for Finance has said an increase in the number of people travelling North of the border to do their shopping had made things 'very, very difficult' when he was framing the Budget."

http://www.rte.ie/money/budget2009/stories/2008/1015/budgetlenihan.html

jaycen · 15-10-2008 4:03pm

JohnCleary wrote: »

Sorry to be bumping my own post, but can anyone help me out here? Don't have a clue where to go in Belfast

http://www.theparkcentre.co.uk should have all you need but pretty much any supermarket along the way would fulfill your needs.

As an add-on, anyone know the price of coal in N.I.?

muincav · 15-10-2008 10:38pm

Sainsburys in Armagh-Fusion razor and 2 blades £3.73---cheaper to buy 2 packs like this than to buy 4 blades on their own--sweeeeeeet:D

DonJose · 16-10-2008 12:25am

Mods any chance of turning this thread into a sticky.

beolight · 16-10-2008 4:35am

asda on falls road Belfast is good place to start

On motorway to Belfast get off at exit for kings hall and then take turn for falls road a little down the road you will see mcdonalds on right hand side turn into shopping centre

Anybody know where to find curleys shops in Belfast?

Don't forget to look out for tesco shops on the way big difference in their prices same applies to dunned

Tipsy Mac · 16-10-2008 9:58am

I think Curleys was taken over by Tesco or Asda last year.

ThOnda · 16-10-2008 10:16am

If you go to IKEA, there is Sainsburys next door and Tesco across the road.

dfcelt · 16-10-2008 11:12am

JohnCleary wrote: »

Sorry to be bumping my own post, but can anyone help me out here? Don't have a clue where to go in Belfast

Don't know if these have been posted up before, its a cash & carry type place but....
NOTE: Prices exclude VAT (17.5% on alcohol, see bottom of last page on brochure) and you have to be a member to enter store but as far as i remember membership is easy enough, we signed up years ago via a family members company. Give the Belfast store a call to see what you need. If you've access to a northern address you can join up no problem.I think my mates ordered a load of cards via one company with all their names on last year. Your name & company name appear on card. Cards are issued pretty quickly from what I can remember.
No charge to company as you pay at the till and VAT is calculated there. Firms claim the VAT back in North but you or me wont be, however you will pocket massive savings esp. baby products (no vat applies & cheaper than Sainsburys) washing powder, dishwasher tablets, toilet rolls etc. Remember you're buying in bulk so the savings are HUGE.

http://www.makro.co.uk/servlet/PB/menu/-1_l2/index.html

Click on view mails, click on specialist mails, valid to 18/11. Wines/ spirits/ champagne. I'll give ya 50c on a bottle Brian :mad: Click on specialist mails for food/elec etc. All in pdf format

http://www.makro.co.uk/metro_mail/mcc-uk/catalog/1105971/MM22Wine_64pp.pdf For current wines brochure

http://www.makro.co.uk/metro_mail/mcc-uk/catalog/1105941/MM22F_32pp.pdf Food Promo beers etc.

As you enter Belfast you'll see the yellow flags on its roof on the l.h.s. of dual carriageway, about the size of a B&Q with unbelievable value. Take next slip road & make your way back, think its on Boucher Road or something, Satnav helps

They always have a buy one get one free on selected wines ie buy one crate (6 bottles) of Kumala Zenith (tasty) get one free

Quick look at prices:
McPherson Chardonnay 23.94 per case 6 x 75cl
23.94 * 1.175 / .77 = 36.53 euro per case, 6 eur per bottle on wine brochure

Kumala Zenith 35.94 for 12 bottles on Promo 22
35.94 * 1.175 / .77 = 54.84 for 12, 4.57 a bottle :eek:
Anybody know how much it costs in Dunnes?
See pages 14/15 of promo22 for great wine offers.

Wolf Blass 5.08 euro a bottle etc. etc.

Check beer prices carefully though, sainsburys etc. usually as good or better I've found.

TVs & power tools can be unreal cheap too, see other brochures.

Our man in Havana · 16-10-2008 11:27am

I would personally recommend avoiding Newry as the prices in Belfast/Lisburn are way cheaper than in Newry. Newry knows its market and knows how to charge.
For the sake of a few more miles, you can save even more and you won't have a stroke from your blood boiling at the parking problems in Newry.

TarfHead · 16-10-2008 1:30pm

dfcelt wrote: »

As you enter Belfast you'll see the yellow flags on its roof on the l.h.s. of dual carriageway, about the size of a B&Q with unbelievable value. Take next slip road & make your way back, think its on Boucher Road or something, Satnav helps

Great post - thanks

AFAIK, Boucher Road is on RHS as you approach Belfast City while MAKRO is on LHS. Boucher Road is full of shops, especially DIY & Tile stores. DEKKO also used to be good for IKEA-style houseware.

smashey · 16-10-2008 1:56pm

TarfHead wrote: »

Great post - thanks

AFAIK, Boucher Road is on RHS as you approach Belfast City while MAKRO is on LHS. Boucher Road is full of shops, especially DIY & Tile stores. DEKKO also used to be good for IKEA-style houseware.

Be careful when approaching Makro. While it is on the left of the M1 as you approach Belfast, you need to go right at the next exit.

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