Stores opening or re-opening in Sligo

Buford T Justice

Bebo stunnah wrote: »

because of the a-holes that are Sligo drivers.

We don't have the monopoly on that.

ectoraige

The story I've heard repeated about the Brooks site is that it is one of the locations being looked at for the new Garda station.

Jayop

ectoraige wrote: »

The story I've heard repeated about the Brooks site is that it is one of the locations being looked at for the new Garda station.

Could make sense. Easier access to most of the town from there.

Andy From Sligo

Maybe they could put the new ALDI there and, if the store is large enough , incorporate the Garda Station into the ALDI store

Scarlet42

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

Maybe they could put the new ALDI there and, if the store is large enough , incorporate the Garda Station into the ALDI store

GALDI?

dingding

Scarlet42 wrote: »

GALDI?

Brilliant

Kettleson

With in-house barbers, BALDI's.

AlmightyCushion

Kettleson wrote: »

With in-house barbers, BALDI's.

Baldies don't really need a barbers though

curtisbrown

I heard one of them is going in to the old timber yard and the other beside/behind Sligo Office Supply.

Andy From Sligo

Scarlet42 wrote: »

GALDI?

I Buy It !

Andy From Sligo

I think the owners of both stores should kiss and make up and do a massive ALDI'IL or LIDALDI mega superstore

rizzodun

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

I think the owners of both stores should kiss and make up and do a massive ALDI'IL or LIDALDI mega superstore

That's a common misconception, Aldi & Lidl are just normal business rivals, Aldi is the company where two brothers fell out and split the business into two entities, Aldi Nord & Aldi Sud, With Aldi Nord having the north half of Germany and most central European countries, and Aldi Sud having the South half of Germany and Ireland & UK, among others.

If it was two irish brothers they would've ripped the business apart with wrangling.

Geuze

Yes, it's common for people to think that.

ALDI stands for ALbrecht DIskont, named after the Albrecht brothers.



Lidl is also a surname, I believe.

Ms. Chanandler Bong

curtisbrown wrote: »

I heard one of them is going in to the old timber yard and the other beside/behind Sligo Office Supply.

Friends with one of the managers in Lidl who was told they've bought the timber yard & it's going to be a distribution centre, not a supermarket site.

dingding

Ms. Chanandler Bong wrote: »

Friends with one of the managers in Lidl who was told they've bought the timber yard & it's going to be a distribution centre, not a supermarket site.

Seems a waste of a prime town centre site, when there are loads of units in collooney which could be used. It would make more sense to develop it as retail / housing rather than distribution.

Buford T Justice

Ms. Chanandler Bong wrote: »

Friends with one of the managers in Lidl who was told they've bought the timber yard & it's going to be a distribution centre, not a supermarket site.

No way in hell is that site big enough for a distribution center.

sligojoek

As said above, Colooney would suit for a distribution centre. Dual carriageway to and from. Why bring a load of trucks into an already busy series of roads and junctions? You have the school, Hanleys NCF, fuel, and recycling in one corner. Finisklin industrial estate in another. All leading back onto the relief road

red sean

Where are going to distribute to? Lidl and Aldi have massive distribution centres in Naas that service the whole country daily.

Buford T Justice

red sean wrote: »

Where are going to distribute to? Lidl and Aldi have massive distribution centres in Naas that service the whole country daily.

Not strictly true

Lidl also have on in Naas, Mullingar and in Midleton
Aldi have one in Naas and Charleville

Geuze

https://www.aldirecruitment.ie/logistics/

Yes, Aldi have two warehouses:

"The stores in the Republic of Ireland are serviced by two Regional Distribution Centres, based in Naas, Co. Kildare and Mitchelstown, Co. Cork. The regions combined boast a total of over 120 stores with further store openings scheduled for both regions.


Opening in 2004, Aldi’s first Regional Distribution Centre in Ireland was located in County Kildare. All of our stores nationwide were serviced by this centre until demand and growth required the introduction of the Mitchelstown Region in September 2013."

Geuze

http://jobs.lidl.ie/cps/rde/career_lidl_ie/hs.xsl/jobsearch.htm?entrylevelid=70&employmentareaid=&hitsperchunk=5&chunk=1&action=showJobDetails&id=828

Lidl seem to have four warehouses.

Geuze

Buford T Justice wrote: »

No way in hell is that site big enough for a distribution center.

Yes, it's mentioned on their website that it's bigger than a football stadium..........

Buford T Justice

Geuze wrote: »

http://jobs.lidl.ie/cps/rde/career_lidl_ie/hs.xsl/jobsearch.htm?entrylevelid=70&employmentareaid=&hitsperchunk=5&chunk=1&action=showJobDetails&id=828

Lidl seem to have four warehouses.

One in Nutts Corner in belfast, but it only serves NI

sligono1

Ms. Chanandler Bong wrote: »

Friends with one of the managers in Lidl who was told they've bought the timber yard & it's going to be a distribution centre, not a supermarket site.

Well your friend is pulling your leg it would not have a hope in hell of getting planing and the site would not be big enough

Andy From Sligo

sligono1 wrote: »

Well your friend is pulling your leg it would not have a hope in hell of getting planing and the site would not be big enough

theres a lot of things in Sligo with planning permission and you think to yourself "how the hell did they get planning permission granted for that!"

For Forks Sake

sligono1 wrote: »

Well your friend is pulling your leg it would not have a hope in hell of getting planing and the site would not be big enough

I'm inclined to agree. For scale, this is the Lidl distribution centre in Mullingar. and this is the one in Cork

sligono1

Sure loading bays alone and trailer parking would take a huge chunk of the site then workers car parking wouldn't leave much space for a large warehousing.
Plus the added cost of site clearance,a greenfield site would make more sense.
Look it would be great to see somthing like this happening jobs on construction jobs in the warehouse,and prospects of transport companies basing trucks and drivers here leading to maybe more jobs there.

curtisbrown

I had a quick look back through all the planning applications submitted to Sligo CoCo for the last few months and didn't see anything from either.

Vlove

Seems like work is going on between Claire's Accessories & Vodafone in Johnson's court!

prodsc

Vlove wrote: »

Seems like work is going on between Claire's Accessories & Vodafone in Johnson's court!

ARGENTO!