Tesco open Superstore in Naas

th3 s1aught3r

Apparently its the biggest in Europe, and they already have a regular Tesco in the town
No recession for Tescos as the march towards world domination continues

Biggins

Great stuff. Thanks for the newsflash.

flyton5

In other news...well actually it's been pretty slow today....

thebigbiffo

tescos? TESCOS???

Le King

Who cares. Naas has to be the worst designed town in Ireland.

th3 s1aught3r

Biggins wrote: »

Great stuff. Thanks for the newsflash.

welcome

fonecrusher1

Everybody hates tescos yet we all go into tescos.

maxwell smart

thebigbiffo wrote: »

tescos? TESCOS???

Yeah you know the place, its like lidls only more expensive?*







no I don't know why people have to make a name plural just because it has more than 1 branch.

iPlop

This is great news! the one in naas is outdated and a pain in the arse to get parking in

Axe Rake

"...we live on like the 3rd mall from the sun, that doesn't piss anybody off anymore?"

ejmaztec

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Everybody hates tescos yet we all go into tescos.

I only go in there to put skid-marks on all of the underwear.

flyton5

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Everybody hates tescos yet we all go into tescos.

I don't. I really only shop in Superquinn. Tesco is for poor peoples and knackers.

gurramok

If its the biggest in Europe, why did they open it in a town of less than 20,000 people?

iPlop

flyton5 wrote: »

I don't. I really only shop in Superquinn. Tesco is for poor peoples and knackers.

Their quality of beers from around the world is excellent and the wine is good too.

fonecrusher1

flyton5 wrote: »

I don't. I really only shop in Superquinn. Tesco is for poor peoples and knackers.

Superquinn is for people who spell people....peoples.

iPlop

gurramok wrote: »

If its the biggest in Europe, why did they open it in a town of less than 20,000 people?

I don't live in naas and I shop there ,and so does a lot of people I know from Clane ,Newbridge ,Celbridge etc...

th3 s1aught3r

gurramok wrote: »

If its the biggest in Europe, why did they open it in a town of less than 20,000 people?

Half of Dublin lives in Naas at this stage

gurramok

Sink The Banana wrote: »

I don't live in naas and I shop there ,and so does a lot of people I know from Clane ,Newbridge ,Celbridge etc...

Then whats the population catchment? Those places you mention must also have less than 20,000 to cater for so where's the demand for this 'Biggest Store in Europe' coming from?

Saadyst

I used to go to the "Super Tesco" as I called it, in Glasgow when I lived there, it was brilliant... absolutely massive, 24 hours, and almost as big as the shopping centre next to it - if this one in Naas is supposed to be the biggest one in Europe now, I can't wait to check it out

maxwell smart

I think it's the biggest Tesco in Ireland, not Europe. Also as they got the site as part of a land swap deal, it costs relatively little extra to build a very large store as opposed to a regular sized store.

St._Andalou

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Everybody hates tescos yet we all go into tescos.

You can walk out of Tesco anytime you like, but you can never leave...







... thanks to their unbelievable savings on everyday essentials!

MidlandsM

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Everybody hates tescos yet we all go into tescos.

I don't. I avoid them. Superquinns food is much nicer.

gurramok

maxwell smart wrote: »

I think it's the biggest Tesco in Ireland, not Europe. Also as they got the site as part of a land swap deal, it costs relatively little extra to build a very large store as opposed to a regular sized store.

Ah then, the poster was exaggerating on its importance.

Would it be bigger than Clearwater as thats friggin huge ASDA style. I still don't see people travelling from Dublin down to it considering Dublin is riddled with Tesco's already.

MidlandsM

St._Andalou wrote: »

You can walk out of Tesco anytime you like, but you can never leave.

Even on the road they're everywhere with their Eddie Stobart trucks - and they're going to KILL the wages and trade of the Irish Road Haulage Business.

iPlop

gurramok wrote: »

Then whats the population catchment? Those places you mention must also have less than 20,000 to cater for so where's the demand for this 'Biggest Store in Europe' coming from?

I don't know ,but I have seen it and it's just off the roundabout for the main motorway hubs in naas and naas is busy as feck most days.I would say this place will be jammers.The one there already is 24 hours and has been for years.The one in the square tallaght was 24 hours but isn't anymore because there wasn't the business.The one in naas still does the business on the night shift and there is only a fraction of the amount of people living there.

phasers

So what, it's providing jobs isn't it?

kraggy

MidlandsM wrote: »

I don't. I avoid them. Superquinns food is much nicer.

Superquinn charges ridiculous prices for having a ridiculous amount of staff on duty doing ridiculously unnecessary things.

MidlandsM

phasers wrote: »

So what, it's providing jobs isn't it?

...and killing of others.

th3 s1aught3r

phasers wrote: »

So what, it's providing jobs isn't it?

They are recruiting. God be with the Celtic Tiger days when we were all too good for such work

When did everyone start hating Tesco? I think they're class.

Plus they're extremely successful, so surely I'm not alone in my thinking?

fonecrusher1

phasers wrote: »

So what, it's providing jobs isn't it?

Yeah 3 jobs. A manager & 2 checkout staff like my local place.

Every single time i go into my local tescos after 10 at night there are 20 person long ques on 2 tills.

I don't go in there after 10 any more.



HARUMPH!!:mad::mad::mad::mad:

MidlandsM

kraggy wrote: »

Superquinn charges ridiculous prices for having a ridiculous amount of staff on duty doing ridiculously unnecessary things.

In the old days. My local Superquinn does not have ridiculous amounts of staff.
And they're not much more expensive, infact in some cases, they're on a par with prices with tesco's or dunnes. Lots of specials on on meats, branded items etc.......they compete well and are an irish co, keeping their profits in ireland. Win win for me.

flyton5

kraggy wrote: »

Superquinn charges ridiculous prices for having a ridiculous amount of staff on duty doing ridiculously unnecessary things.

Like cleaning? :rolleyes:

St._Andalou

Sure even royalty shop in Tesco nowadays.

Hail 2 Da Thief

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Everybody hates tescos yet we all go into tescos.

The honourable Irishmen within Kilkenny don't go anywhere near those scummy British chains!




















*It's only a coincidence that we're the only county in Ireland without a Tesco store. Seriously it's just a coincidence!

Dempo1

Not terribly good news for a town that currently has 74 retail premises for let or for sale. Tesco's are becoming another walmart, arriving outside small towns and crucifying established retail outlets, It won't be long until they rename NAAS, Tumbleweed.

Forget about any major jump in employment, they have moved existing staff from other outlets and their distributuion centre also the traditional christmas additional employment opportunities has now been farmed out to an agency, offering lower rates.

Just informed my Bank is closing its branch in NAAS, hardly inspiring news, perhaps TESCOS might consider going into Banking.

maxwell smart

Dempo1 wrote: »

Just informed my Bank is closing its branch in NAAS, hardly inspiring news, perhaps TESCOS might consider going into Banking.

They already are in Banking!

http://www.tescofinance.com/personal/finance/home.jsp

St._Andalou

Dempo1 wrote: »

Just informed my Bank is closing its branch in NAAS, hardly inspiring news, perhaps TESCOS might consider going into Banking.

The funny thing is, they already have moved into banking.

Edit: Not quick enough, obviously. :-D

Crackity Jones

Dempo1 wrote: »

Just informed my Bank is closing its branch in NAAS, hardly inspiring news, perhaps TESCOS might consider going into Banking.

Which bank? And why is this not in the Kildare forum??

maxwell smart

St._Andalou wrote: »

The funny thing is, they already have moved into banking.

Edit: Not quick enough, obviously. :-D

Not as quick as bloody Tesco!

th3 s1aught3r

Dempo1 wrote: »

Just informed my Bank is closing its branch in NAAS, hardly inspiring news, perhaps TESCOS might consider going into Banking.

They are going into everything else. This new store has clothes, electrics, homeware, toys.... basically, they are becoming Walmart like you say.. domination. I think they are in banking , at least they give loans and credit cards too

Saadyst

Yeah it's Tesco's fault that "local" shops / chains are closing. Get real.

iPlop

Dempo1 wrote: »

Not terribly good news for a town that currently has 74 retail premises for let or for sale. Tesco's are becoming another walmart, arriving outside small towns and crucifying established retail outlets, It won't be long until they rename NAAS, Tumbleweed.

Forget about any major jump in employment, they have moved existing staff from other outlets and their distributuion centre also the traditional christmas additional employment opportunities has now been farmed out to an agency, offering lower rates.

Just informed my Bank is closing its branch in NAAS, hardly inspiring news, perhaps TESCOS might consider going into Banking.

They already do

celtic Liger

yeah a quick google search shows numerous anti tesco protests in smaller towns of the uk but over here we all welcome them with open arms.

they are exactly like walmart, surely this new superstore means the local business people who in turn employ locals, will suffer mostly.

maxwell smart

Crackity Jones wrote: »

Which bank? And why is this not in the Kildare forum??

I know National Irish Bank is closing.....or is there another one shutting up shop?

Dempo1

Crackity Jones wrote: »

Which bank? And why is this not in the Kildare forum??

NIB are closing their Branch end of November, not sure why its not on the Kildare forum.

As regards the smart arses and Tesco Banking, I meant Retail Banking not Credit Cards, Personal finance etc.

matt-dublin

tis the biggest tesco in the country, previously was maynooth, sells everything!!!

the TV section alone is bigger than some of the power citys i've been in!

Dempo1

matt-dublin wrote: »

tis the biggest tesco in the country, previously was maynooth, sells everything!!!

the TV section alone is bigger than some of the power citys i've been in!

Yes was there a few weeks ago but have you seen the Vast previous site they were in, left abandoned and un used.

Just hope this new Tesco is not has badly run as the one in Tullamore, absolutely dreadful

fonecrusher1

matt-dublin wrote: »

tis the biggest tesco in the country, previously was maynooth, sells everything!!!

the TV section alone is bigger than some of the power citys i've been in!

Theres actually a tescos village in this new place. Its a new breed of tescos people. They have bar codes on their necks, best before dates tattooed on their holes & speak like this beep beep....beep, unidentified object in bagging area...

Tescans

kraggy

flyton5 wrote: »

Like cleaning? :rolleyes:

No. Like rearranging displays a million times. Like providing trollies with a kid's go-kart incorporated simply so that Naomi and her little Fionn can block up the whole place.

All unnecessary gimmicks add to the cost of running the business, which in turn increase prices.

Ciaranamo

matt-dublin wrote: »

tis the biggest tesco in the country, previously was maynooth, sells everything!!!

the TV section alone is bigger than some of the power citys i've been in!

I think what they do is add on another toilet cubicle or two when they're building a new one and call it the biggest in Ireland to get peoples attention. The Monread Road will probably have the slowest-moving traffic in Ireland when it opens though... especially this Friday if this is true:

http://clane.newsfinch.ie/entertainment/nadine-coyle-coming-to-tesco-extra-naas/