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Limerick Businesses Opening

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    #4112
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,893 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    Hopefully they'll be able to stock White Gypsy beers so, seeing as they have a Tipp connection. They have some of the big Trappist dubbels and triples already (and La Trappe Quadruple :) ).


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    #4113
    sioda
    Registered Users Posts: 4,495 ✭✭✭sioda


    Doughnut shop on little Catherine Street opened today


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    #4114
    Umekichi
    Registered Users Posts: 474 ✭✭Umekichi


    sioda wrote: »
    Doughnut shop on little Catherine Street opened today

    Got doughnuts from there today. They were very nice, lots of icing and toppings on them. They also weren't too heavy on the stomach either. Seemed to be pretty busy when I was there, hopefully they will continue to do a great trade there.


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    #4115
    Mc Love
    Registered Users Posts: 14,015 ✭✭✭✭Mc Love


    Just called in to the Funky Donut Co and they had only 2 donuts left! They said they had sold out 5 times today!


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    #4116
    Exeggcute
    Closed Accounts Posts: 402 ✭✭Exeggcute


    The prices they are charging are crazy though. 3 euro for a donut? 3 euro for a small Latte?

    No way in hell I'd pay 6 euro for a donut and small latte. It's a rip-off!


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    #4117
    OfTheMarsWongs
    Registered Users Posts: 925 ✭✭✭OfTheMarsWongs


    Had the snickers donut from Funky Donut & Co today. So nice! Light too. Not like the bricks in Tesco.


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    #4118
    panda100
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,551 ✭✭✭panda100


    Exeggcute wrote:
    The prices they are charging are crazy though. 3 euro for a donut? 3 euro for a small Latte?

    I paid €4 for a donought in Angier Danger once and it was worth every damn last penny. If Dublin is anything to go by there's a real market for donoughts and people don't mind paying more if there good.


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    #4119
    Exeggcute
    Closed Accounts Posts: 402 ✭✭Exeggcute


    panda100 wrote: »
    I paid €4 for a donought in Angier Danger once and it was worth every damn last penny. If Dublin is anything to go by there's a real market for donoughts and people don't mind paying more if there good.

    I wouldn't use Dublin as a yardstick to measure anything when it comes to the rest of the country. It's like a different country up there.

    I guess we will soon see if Limerick is willing to pay these over-inflated prices.


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    #4120
    OfTheMarsWongs
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    Exeggcute wrote: »
    I guess we will soon see if Limerick is willing to pay these over-inflated prices.

    We don't have to wait to see. They're paying it across the road in Starbucks.


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    #4121
    Jofspring
    Registered Users Posts: 4,055 ✭✭✭Jofspring


    €3 is expensive alright but when you think about it how would you make any money if it was any cheaper? In such a small unit, it basically being your only product and being a local business it's not like you can mass produce hundreds and hundreds of doughnuts a day and offer them at cheap prices.


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    #4122
    Umekichi
    Registered Users Posts: 474 ✭✭Umekichi


    Exeggcute wrote: »
    The prices they are charging are crazy though. 3 euro for a donut? 3 euro for a small Latte?

    No way in hell I'd pay 6 euro for a donut and small latte. It's a rip-off!

    They were doing an offer of a coffee/hot chocolate and a doughnut for a fiver. I would agree that they are a bit dear, however I think their doughnuts are worth it for the price. Costa and starbucks are easily the same price, if not more and who knows, other places may start offering doughnuts and offer some competition?


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    #4123
    Exeggcute
    Closed Accounts Posts: 402 ✭✭Exeggcute


    Lol the owner, who seeminglt is also behind Brimstone, is responding on social media to complaints about the prices with a right attitude. Comes across as a right arsehole.


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    #4124
    Comhrá
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    Exeggcute wrote: »
    Lol the owner, who seeminglt is also behind Brimstone, is responding on social media to complaints about the prices with a right attitude. Comes across as a right arsehole.

    Any links? Curious here.


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    #4125
    Taco Chips
    Registered Users Posts: 565 ✭✭✭Taco Chips


    Ah now lads can we let this business succeed please? No need to bring it down so quickly. 3 for the type of donut they are doing is pretty much the going rate in all of the similar places in Dublin. It's a full dessert like, you would pay the same for an ice cream or similar. Glad to see this type of place in Limerick. It's smaller trades like this that will bring the bustle and footfall around the city at lunchtimes and weekends.


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    #4126
    Exeggcute
    Closed Accounts Posts: 402 ✭✭Exeggcute


    I was glad to see them open.

    I hope the owner responds in a more constructive manner to feedback on social media for his sake.


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    #4127
    miralize
    Registered Users Posts: 6,207 ✭✭✭miralize


    Exeggcute wrote: »
    I was glad to see them open.

    I hope the owner responds in a more constructive manner to feedback on social media for his sake.
    Really?
    Exeggcute wrote: »
    The prices they are charging are crazy though. 3 euro for a donut? 3 euro for a small Latte?

    No way in hell I'd pay 6 euro for a donut and small latte. It's a rip-off!
    I guess we will soon see if Limerick is willing to pay these over-inflated prices.
    Sounds more like you want them to fail.


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    #4128
    Special Circumstances
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,569 ✭✭✭Special Circumstances


    I'd say youd be very lucky to come out of costa/starbucks/butlers/insomnia... ... with a coffee and a cake for €5.

    You'd be extremely lucky to have a locally made fresh fresh cake at that price, rather than the longshelflife products some serve. (Not all of the stuff is long life stuff but you know what I mean )

    They're luxury items. A treat. No children will be going to school hungry because of the price of smores ring donuts.


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    #4129
    Berty
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    What's a Small Latte for €3?

    Is it an 8oz cup, standard being a 120z cup?

    For me €3 in a Cafe/Restaurant is quite reasonable. The price per donut depends on the bang for buck with flavours and toppings for me so I can't comment till I get in there and I will be in soon.


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    #4130
    FutureGuy
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    Exeggcute wrote: »
    Lol the owner, who seeminglt is also behind Brimstone, is responding on social media to complaints about the prices with a right attitude. Comes across as a right arsehole.

    And so begins....

    Donutgate (TM)


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    #4131
    Special Circumstances
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,569 ✭✭✭Special Circumstances


    FutureGuy wrote: »
    And so begins....

    Donutgate (TM)

    Indeed. Perhaps, like the Burrito Wars, there's a Dublin or international chain that Limerick people can get behind and hope that it will "wipe out the local business, show them how it's done".

    (Any negativity in this post is directed at this type of attitude, not yourself FutureGuy)


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    #4132
    squonk
    Registered Users Posts: 9,232 ✭✭✭squonk


    Just because a donut is 3 euro in Dublin doesn't mean it should automatically be that price elsewhere. Dublin is just more expensive across the board. I pay over five euro for pints in Dublin and I certainly won't be doing that down the country. The cost of living in Limerick isn't as high as other cities either so a bit of reality needs to be taken into account. A donut isn't exactly a pricey item to produce or one that requires heaps of skill either. I have to try the new place and I hope it stays gong but you have to be realistic in that if you're charging high prices and things don't go as well as you hoped, then you can't complain. I personally consider 3 euro for just one donut a ripoff.


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    #4133
    Reputable Rog
    Registered Users Posts: 2,088 ✭✭✭Reputable Rog


    FutureGuy wrote: »
    And so begins....

    Donutgate (TM)

    I expect a frozen yogurt thread soon, after Doughnuts have morphed out of control as is the case with burritos.


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    #4134
    dashoonage
    Registered Users Posts: 3,131 ✭✭✭dashoonage


    Reputable Rog wrote: »
    I expect a frozen yogurt thread soon, after Doughnuts have morphed out of control as is the case with burritos.

    im opening a 24 hour burrito and doughnut shop in the urban gardens and ill never take holidays ever ever!


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    #4135
    zulutango
    Registered Users Posts: 3,903 ✭✭✭zulutango


    So, are they any good?


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    #4136
    Mc Love
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    They are delicious. Went for a Salted Caramel and Fudge.........and a Chocolate & Smores (really marshmallow) donut. Very light and good to see new Limerick business in the city.


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    #4137
    Exeggcute
    Closed Accounts Posts: 402 ✭✭Exeggcute


    miralize wrote: »
    Really?



    Sounds more like you want them to fail.

    Why would I want them to fail? I was excited to see them opening but very disappointed at what they are charging.

    I'm not the only one.

    So should people just keep their mouth shut and say nothing? You do realise this is a discussion forum and that is what I was doing.

    Unreal. :rolleyes:


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    #4138
    Waggaboo
    Registered Users Posts: 40 ✭Waggaboo


    Exeggcute wrote: »
    The prices they are charging are crazy though. 3 euro for a donut? 3 euro for a small Latte?

    No way in hell I'd pay 6 euro for a donut and small latte. It's a rip-off!

    It's not a rip off. It's what they need to charge to stay alive. To pay wages, to pay rent, to pay taxes, to pay rates. And those things benefit us all.

    It'd be way better for them if they could charge you 2 euro because the laws of elasticity say that they'd sell more. So every rational retailer would do that if they could. But they can't. And that decision to charge 3 euro as against 2.90 probably keeps them awake at night. So keep your money in your pocket if you think it's too expensive, but maybe give them a break on the internet.


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    #4139
    Exeggcute
    Closed Accounts Posts: 402 ✭✭Exeggcute


    miralize wrote: »
    Really?



    Sounds more like you want them to fail.
    Waggaboo wrote: »
    It's not a rip off. It's what they need to charge to stay alive. To pay wages, to pay rent, to pay taxes, to pay rates. And those things benefit us all.

    It'd be way better for them if they could charge you 2 euro because the laws of elasticity say that they'd sell more. So every rational retailer would do that if they could. But they can't. And that decision to charge 3 euro as against 2.90 probably keeps them awake at night. So keep your money in your pocket if you think it's too expensive, but maybe give them a break on the internet.

    I was in business for 20 years I know all about overheads.

    I also used to make and sell donuts myself so I know more about what is involved than probably anyone here. Hence my opinion on the price being charged.

    If they can get it, good luck to them


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    #4140
    Waggaboo
    Registered Users Posts: 40 ✭Waggaboo


    Exeggcute wrote: »
    I was in business for 20 years I know all about overheads.

    I also used to make and sell donuts myself so I know more about what is involved than probably anyone here. Hence my opinion on the price being charged.

    If they can get it, good luck to them

    In that case, I'm surprised you don't have a little bit more sympathy for them. I'm surprised that you're not a bit more conscious of how damaging negative comments on a public message board are to a new, small business. But as you say, that's your right should you wish to exercise it.

    You know what it cost you to make donuts, you don't know what it costs them. You don't know their rent, their rates, their insurance, whether they're servicing a bank loan etc.


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    #4141
    bennyl10
    Registered Users Posts: 5,565 ✭✭✭bennyl10


    Exeggcute wrote: »
    I was in business for 20 years I know all about overheads.

    I also used to make and sell donuts myself so I know more about what is involved than probably anyone here. Hence my opinion on the price being charged.

    If they can get it, good luck to them

    Zero complaints that I can see on fb or Twitter?...

    3euro is a pretty standard price across town?

    If you think that's expensive I don't think you get too many coffees around tbh..


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