Stores opening or re-opening in Sligo

sligojoek · 04-10-2017 11:26pm

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

ah right see, I hadnt a clue - well thats a whack of a price for rent isnt it! :eek:

Nearly 4k a week. Before insurance, ESB, wages, rates, water and the list goes on. You'd want to be guaranteed some serious turnover.

Andy From Sligo · 04-10-2017 11:43pm

sligojoek wrote: »

Nearly 4k a week. Before insurance, ESB, wages, rates, water and the list goes on. You'd want to be guaranteed some serious turnover.

ye would! - take a big brand name (known and liked all around the world) to make that kind of turnover ! ... <ahem - McDonalds>

and everyone's gotta eat

I cant find a proper figure of what they make in a week (well only in Dollars - even then its hard to gauge)

rizzodun · 04-10-2017 11:47pm

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

ye would! - take a big brand name (known and liked all around the world) to make that kind of turnover ! ... <ahem - McDonalds> and everyone's gotta eat

I cant find a proper figure of what they make in a week (well only in Dollars - even then its hard to gauge)

Not a chance they'd make enough on a restaurant in Sligo town to cover 4k rent weekly.

There's a reason that most McDonalds restaurants in regional towns are drive thrus.

In store restaurants as they call them are only viable in cities with huge footfalls.

Andy From Sligo · 05-10-2017 12:02am

rizzodun wrote: »

Not a chance they'd make enough on a restaurant in Sligo town to cover 4k rent weekly.

There's a reason that most McDonalds restaurants in regional towns are drive thrus.

In store restaurants as they call them are only viable in cities with huge footfalls.

true i wasn't thinking of that , mind u my (naivety part of the brain) is telling me that maybe if there was a McDonalds restuarunt was in the Town centre it would bring more footfall into the town but maybe I am away with the fairies ...

Geuze · 05-10-2017 12:10am

That 200k pa asking rent may not be genuine.

If so, then the landlord is utterly delusional.

Andy From Sligo · 05-10-2017 12:33am

would Ray and Eileen Monaghan still be the owners of that source building?

irish/rich-list-2015/profiles/eileen-monahan

Andy From Sligo · 05-10-2017 1:00am

I'd even go as far as to say that its such a big building that it could most possibly be split up into units and house a 2 floor McD's restaurant at the front and then incorporate something like a ball pond/kiddies play area/maybe creche, and amusements (like fruit machines/snooker tables etc) on another unit/floor and possibly even a Gym in another unit/floor - just an idea like

overshoot · 05-10-2017 12:52pm

Someone is having serious McDonalds withdrawal ðŸ˜‚
Next time you in letterkenny/derry/dublin try hillbillies... Now there's a fast food chain worth having!

Andy From Sligo · 05-10-2017 2:13pm

overshoot wrote: »

Someone is having serious McDonalds withdrawal &#55357;&#56834;
Next time you in letterkenny/derry/dublin try hillbillies... Now there's a fast food chain worth having!

can i not just have a discussion about what I think should open up in the old Source building in town without someone thinking i'm addicted to Big Mac's ?

dee_mc · 05-10-2017 8:16pm

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

can i not just have a discussion about what I think should open up in the old Source building in town without someone thinking i'm addicted to Big Mac's ?

How about an Avoca Handweavers and cafe/deli instead - fast food with a side of notions

05-10-2017 8:33pm

Hi,

I was walking into quayside today and there were workman in one of the units opposite easons.

Andy From Sligo · 05-10-2017 11:07pm

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Hi,

I was walking into quayside today and there were workman in one of the units opposite easons.

wouldnt be Starbucks could it thats supposed to be coming to Sligo ... but surely they wouldnt open up that near to Insomnia .. surely?

sligojoek · 05-10-2017 11:10pm

I heard it was McDonalds

Andy From Sligo · 05-10-2017 11:30pm

sligojoek wrote: »

I heard it was McDonalds

no, I think you will find they are opening up a place in the old Source building

sligojoek · 05-10-2017 11:46pm

All joking aside.

There's a new coffee shop / restaurant open in Grange. It's called The Jam Pot. Down past Barry's where the pharmacy and the Credit Union used to be.

JupiterKid · 06-10-2017 12:03am

So is McDonalds opening in the town centre again? Or is this all just rumour and speculation?

Could a town of 20k support 2 McDs?

Andy From Sligo · 06-10-2017 12:27am

JupiterKid wrote: »

So is McDonalds opening in the town centre again? Or is this all just rumour and speculation?

Could a town of 20k support 2 McDs?

do we not factor visitors/tourists coming into town that want to eat in McD's ? ... or is the 20k including residents and tourists visitors from other counties ?

Andy From Sligo · 06-10-2017 12:31am

JupiterKid wrote: »

So is McDonalds opening in the town centre again? Or is this all just rumour and speculation?

Could a town of 20k support 2 McDs?

Lest us not forget that for a period there was a time where there were 2 at one time, one in O'Connell Street and the drive in one up at the carraroe retail park - it operated like that for quite a while and both were equally busy it seemed (well when i used to frequent them anyways)

AllGunsBlazing · 06-10-2017 2:03am

sligojoek wrote: »

All joking aside.

There's a new coffee shop / restaurant open in Grange. It's called The Jam Pot. Down past Barry's where the pharmacy and the Credit Union used to be.

I remember there used to a be a pool hall/video arcade where Chain Driven Cylcles is now that was called that back in the early 80's. Good times.:cool:

worlds goodest teecher · 06-10-2017 8:53am

Is this what Trump means by fake news?

red sean · 06-10-2017 9:22am

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

I remember there used to a be a pool hall/video arcade where Chain Driven Cylcles is now that was called that back in the early 80's. Good times.:cool:

It was a pub before that and they never took down the name.

ectoraige · 06-10-2017 10:07am

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

wouldnt be Starbucks could it thats supposed to be coming to Sligo ... but surely they wouldnt open up that near to Insomnia .. surely?

That's pretty much exactly what they do, it's part of theor strategy to drive out the competition, they've even been known to open on either side of a competitor, or on each corner of a crossroads. Once the original café is gone then they keep whatever is profitable.

Andy From Sligo · 06-10-2017 11:56am

ectoraige wrote: »

That's pretty much exactly what they do, it's part of theor strategy to drive out the competition, they've even been known to open on either side of a competitor, or on each corner of a crossroads. Once the original café is gone then they keep whatever is profitable.

Oh no, i hope they dont drive insomnia out i really like them. Isnt Starbucks one of those organizations that (alledgedly) pay very little tax but still operate within the law?

Andy From Sligo · 06-10-2017 11:59am

worlds goodest teecher wrote: »

Is this what Trump means by fake news?

It is i'm afraid, i will try not to peddle the news any more (if thats what i am being accused of) until they actually move in and open up

ectoraige · 06-10-2017 1:04pm

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

Isnt Starbucks one of those organizations that (alledgedly) pay very little tax but still operate within the law?

Starbucks™, Passion for Coffee Accountancy™.

Andy From Sligo · 06-10-2017 1:46pm

you'd be raging though wouldn't you if you was happy pootling along with your quaint little small little business cafe and a big conglomerate like SB opened up directly across from you or in spit distance. - is there not some kind of , I dunno, any type of rule that states if there is already a similar business within so many hundred yards that you cannot open up a similar business? - or do they not go through any planning process where a nearby cafe can object to the likes of them setting up? - I would have thought there were?

AlmightyCushion · 06-10-2017 2:35pm

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

you'd be raging though wouldn't you if you was happy pootling along with your quaint little small little business cafe and a big conglomerate like SB opened up directly across from you or in spit distance. - is there not some kind of , I dunno, any type of rule that states if there is already a similar business within so many hundred yards that you cannot open up a similar business? - or do they not go through any planning process where a nearby cafe can object to the likes of them setting up? - I would have thought there were?

Why would there be a rule like that? It would really hurt competition.

Mint Sauce · 06-10-2017 4:49pm

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

you'd be raging though wouldn't you if you was happy pootling along with your quaint little small little business cafe and a big conglomerate like SB opened up directly across from you or in spit distance. - is there not some kind of , I dunno, any type of rule that states if there is already a similar business within so many hundred yards that you cannot open up a similar business? - or do they not go through any planning process where a nearby cafe can object to the likes of them setting up? - I would have thought there were?

Hasn't stopped hair dressers doing it.

Andy From Sligo · 06-10-2017 6:01pm

Mint Sauce wrote: »

Hasn't stopped hair dressers doing it.

where/who is the big chain hairdressers?

ectoraige · 07-10-2017 8:14am

There's a new tattoo parlour on Union Street where Marian Harkin's constituency office used to be. I'm not sure what it's called though, I actually had to stop a second time to read the sign but it's barely legible. It's something like Mister B Tattoos, or maybe Mister H's Tattoos. Whatever it is, I hope their tattoos are better than their shop-signs, it doesn't exactly inspire confidence in their design talents.

Stores opening or re-opening in Sligo

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