New Business openings and closures around you?

coylemj

Stephen15 wrote: »

That's not a suburb that gets very often on this thread despite being in South Dublin

Maybe it's because Inchicore is in Dublin City and this forum is for Dublin County South.

aoh

Aldi in Blackrock opening on Thursday - yay

The Mig

Chipper in Fintans Park is back open under the name Express

helimachoptor

The Mig wrote: »

Chipper in Fintans Park is back open under the name Express

Wonder if they'll still sell the Burger kebab, was a staple of my 20s

rubadub

helimachoptor wrote: »

Wonder if they'll still sell the Burger kebab, was a staple of my 20s

It is an odd name, a guy I know said he saw Asians about the place who he reckoned might own it. So I was wondering if it would be like a typical Italian chipper at all. Can see no mention of it online.

They had 2euro chips there for a good while when it was Europa, seemed to get a lot of business because of it, had other good deals on weeknights. The new romayos is now 3.20 for chips and lots of other price hikes, so I am hoping it might have some good deals.

The Mig

helimachoptor wrote: »

Wonder if they'll still sell the Burger kebab, was a staple of my 20s

After falling out of Bakers no doubt

Speaking of Bakers. New paint job on the outside and the supposed/rumoured plans for the inside sound good

frash

The Mig wrote: »

After falling out of Bakers no doubt

Speaking of Bakers. New paint job on the outside and the supposed/rumoured plans for the inside sound good

What are the rumoured plans?

frash

rubadub wrote: »

It is an odd name, a guy I know said he saw Asians about the place who he reckoned might own it. So I was wondering if it would be like a typical Italian chipper at all. Can see no mention of it online.

They had 2euro chips there for a good while when it was Europa, seemed to get a lot of business because of it, had other good deals on weeknights. The new romayos is now 3.20 for chips and lots of other price hikes, so I am hoping it might have some good deals.

Expect more price hikes
https://www.independent.ie/business/farming/tillage/summer-heatwave-blamed-for-25pc-drop-in-potato-crop-as-suppliers-warn-of-price-rises-37492095.html

The Mig

frash wrote: »

What are the rumoured plans?

Moving the bar into the church part and turning it into a sports bar.

frash

The Mig wrote: »

Moving the bar into the church part and turning it into a sports bar.

Ugh - I don't like the church part.
The bar is grand as it is complete with the "trust nobody but yourself" toilet graffiti

rubadub

The Mig wrote: »

Chipper in Fintans Park is back open under the name Express

tried it there, just a bag of chips. Nice chips and a decent amount, 2.80 (liberos are 3euro, and romayos are 3.20)

It was a single Italian guy and lots of Chinese staff. Nice place, really clean, full glass front on it.

helimachoptor wrote: »

Wonder if they'll still sell the Burger kebab, was a staple of my 20s

No kebab burgers , menu says they make their own naans for kebabs in house, as they have pizza ovens, Kebabs were 7.20 though. Otherwise most things seem cheaper or the same as liberos & romayos.

Stephen15

rubadub wrote: »

tried it there, just a bag of chips. Nice chips and a decent amount, 2.80 (liberos are 3euro, and romayos are 3.20)

It was a single Italian guy and lots of Chinese staff. Nice place, really clean, full glass front on it.

There's also San Marino down in the Farm who charge €2.80 for a bag of chips.

I wonder are the Chinese staff ex Aldo's as they used to have quite a lot of Chinese staff and all the staff in Romayo's now seem to be be different.

rubadub

Stephen15 wrote: »

There's also San Marino down in the Farm who charge €2.80 for a bag of chips.

yes, meant to mention them, they still have several good deals going too, you get 10% off many things if you order online, for collection or delivery. The one in ballyogan too (which has some differences on the menu). They did have some really good daily deals but pulled them a few months back.

Stephen15 wrote: »

I wonder are the Chinese staff ex Aldo's as they used to have quite a lot of Chinese staff and all the staff in Romayo's now seem to be be different.

I wondered the same when I heard Asians were seen before it opened. I did not recognize any of them from Aldos.

Ted Plain

josip wrote: »

Parcel Motel have announced they're closing their Tesco Ballybrack location due to "circumstances beyond their control"

It's a while back, i know.


So, I wanted to have something delivered to the Parcel Motel in the Texaco in Cornelscourt and noticed that it's no longer there.


Here's the reason.


"After the submission of the eight planning enforcement enquiries for facilities in Stillorgan, Sandyford, Deansgrange, Blackrock, Ballybrack, Rathfarnham and Cornelscourt, a warning notice was issued on 26 May 2017 by the council."

Gareth Keenan

frash wrote: »

Expect more price hikes
https://www.independent.ie/business/farming/tillage/summer-heatwave-blamed-for-25pc-drop-in-potato-crop-as-suppliers-warn-of-price-rises-37492095.html

according to the fella in the Ritz, the price of spuds has nearly doubled since this time last year. Keep an eye out for the first €5 bag of chips :eek:

rubadub

Gareth Keenan wrote: »

according to the fella in the Ritz, the price of spuds has nearly doubled since this time last year. Keep an eye out for the first €5 bag of chips :eek:

I was working it out, a site said it went from €8 per 25kg bag to €16. I would guess a typical bag needs 400g of potatoes. There will be a decrease after peeling and increase after frying as they take on oil. This would mean about a 13cent increase.

Lots of places took the piss with the tax on sugar drinks too, upping the price of all cans (diet or full sugar) by well over the tax amount.

Ted Plain

Ted Plain wrote: »

It's a while back, i know.


So, I wanted to have something delivered to the Parcel Motel in the Texaco in Cornelscourt and noticed that it's no longer there.


Here's the reason.


"After the submission of the eight planning enforcement enquiries for facilities in Stillorgan, Sandyford, Deansgrange, Blackrock, Ballybrack, Rathfarnham and Cornelscourt, a warning notice was issued on 26 May 2017 by the council."

We’ve lost the Harbour one (which was very handy) Tesco and now Texaco.

The nearest is the one in Newtown which has pretty limited parking.

Stephen15

Dunnes now hiring for their former Playwright store

coylemj

Stephen15 wrote: »

Dunnes now hiring for their former Playwright store

Dunnes/Playwright has it's own thread....

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057443570

dublinman1990

Pamela Scott in Frascati are will be opening their new store in the 2 old units which had Bookstation & Keith Grant Butchers. Frascati have put new signage to say that Pamela Scott will be opening soon. Carl Scarpa are also hiring for a new sales assistant on Frascati's website.

Also about Aldi's opening on Thursday.

The Frascati Facebook page says that Nicky Byrne & Jenny Greene will be broadcasting their 2FM radio show from there on Thursday morning from 10am.

We're so excited to announce the Grand Opening of Aldi Ireland this Thursday 8th Nov with the brilliant RTÉ 2fm Nicky Byrne & Jenny Greene Show Live from the Frascati Centre from 10am!!!

caviardreams

Aegir wrote: »

We’ve lost the Harbour one (which was very handy) Tesco and now Texaco.

The nearest is the one in Newtown which has pretty limited parking.

I saw a planning notice up at the applegreen in stillorgan one recently - I hope it doesn't close!

frash

caviardreams wrote: »

I saw a planning notice up at the applegreen in stillorgan one recently - I hope it doesn't close!

There's delays now at the one on Newtownpark Ave

Now I know why....

coylemj

frash wrote: »

There's delays now at the one on Newtownpark Ave

Now I know why....

In the e-mail from Parcel Motel informing me that their collection point at Texaco Clonkeen Road was closing, they told me they'll be opening their pop-up collection point in Kilmacud Crokes on Nov. 12th, you can expect a lot of deliveries to be diverted to there if your designated point has a backlog.

Collected from there last year or the year before, it consists of two PM lads sitting in what looks like the ref. and linesmens' dressing room with dozens of deliveries.

Cyrus

Unless you really need locker delivery parcel wizard is a better option imo

Stephen15

What looks to be either a coffee shop or a deli is opening in Deansgrange where O'Sheas Newsagent used to be.

Stephen15

Cyrus wrote: »

Unless you really need locker delivery parcel wizard is a better option imo

There's also DHL lockers located inside some shops. Only found out about it when a got a parcel delivered to Spar in Monkstown which is the nearest one to me I'm not sure if many other shops in other areas around have. Perhaps there wouldn't be issues with planning permission if they managed to locate them within shops rather than outside although this would be less convient as the service wouldn't be 24h.

coylemj

Stephen15 wrote: »

There's also DHL lockers located inside some shops. Only found out about it when a got a parcel delivered to Spar in Monkstown which is the nearest one to me I'm not sure if many other shops in other areas around have. Perhaps there wouldn't be issues with planning permission if they managed to locate them within shops rather than outside although this would be less convient as the service wouldn't be 24h.

A locker that is specific to one shipping company has very little appeal for the general public because with mail order purchases, it's the vendor and not the customer who selects the shipping company. And in most cases, you have no idea who they are until the van pulls up outside your house.

Edit: Does DHL provide a service like PM where you get a delivery sent to them with your membership number in the address and they drop it to a designated collection point?

Stephen15

coylemj wrote: »

A locker that is specific to one shipping company has very little appeal for the general public because with mail order purchases, it's the vendor and not the customer who selects the shipping company. And in most cases, you have no idea who they are until the van pulls up outside your house.

Edit: Does DHL provide a service like PM where you get a delivery sent to them with your membership number in the address and they drop it to a designated collection point?

I've never actually used PM but I thought it was exclusive to Nightline. When I used they called when I wasn't there and dropped to the nearest location.

Exclamation Marc

Stephen15 wrote: »

I've never actually used PM but I thought it was exclusive to Nightline. When I used they called when I wasn't there and dropped to the nearest location.

Yep, it was created by Nightline.

L1011

coylemj wrote: »

Does DHL provide a service like PM where you get a delivery sent to them with your membership number in the address and they drop it to a designated collection point?

No, but if the shipper includes a mobile number they will contact you and offer to divert to their collection point, ditto DPD. Both are FOC to the receiver, dunno for the shipper.

DHLs are lockers, DPDs are dropped behind the counter in shops. That added to An Post's retry system, evening and Saturday deliveries have the potential to hurt PM a lot, particularly as PM is known to be unreliable.