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Spar Roebuck Closed

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  • 06-02-2012 11:17pm
    #1
    **Timbuk2**
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    Sign on the door, went into liquidation and closed as of the 3rd of February.

    Was one of the only semi-decent off-campus lunch outlets - those who don't bring in their own lunch only really have the campus options left.


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    errlloyd
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    FFFFFUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKK

    How did that place fail, it was pretty much always busy. There is a pharmacy next door no one ever uses and its still solvent. I guess spar near the clonskeah gate is the only option.


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    blueelephant
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭blueelephant


    i knew they would, was in there last weekend, empty selves, i asked of they were closing was told just waiting for new stock ... its a shame!


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    ._.
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    damn :\

    Where's the nearest off license now?


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    #5
    WoollyRedHat
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    Clonskea?


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    HavingCrack
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    errlloyd wrote: »
    FFFFFUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKK

    How did that place fail, it was pretty much always busy. There is a pharmacy next door no one ever uses and its still solvent. I guess spar near the clonskeah gate is the only option.

    I heard it was the price of rent was just too high. Only a rumour though, may not be true.


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    gradlife
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    I'm almost positive, if we put our minds to it, we can blame the S.U.


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    Tea-a-Maria
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    Joe's up in Goatstown has closed too.:( same way,I thought it was doing alright!


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    Raphael
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,880 ✭✭✭Raphael


    Yeah, found this out when i went to buy groceries last friday. Very annoying, as it's much closer to my house than Clonskeagh.


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    #10
    beardedmaster
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    Bah!!! This will NOT do!!


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    doly
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    Tea-a-Maria wrote: »
    Joe's up in Goatstown has closed too.:( same way,I thought it was doing alright!
    Re-opened today. Going under new management, with plans to expand out the back apparently.


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    Oasis_Dublin
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    doly wrote: »
    Re-opened today. Going under new management, with plans to expand out the back apparently.

    It's a Chinese takeaway now. It's as greasy as Yumi at Bird Avenue, so take your pick!


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    WeeBushy
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    Funny how business works when it had to close because its losing so much money to being expanded only a few days later.

    Hope it succeeds this time - really friendly staff and no other shop on campus like it so it would be a loss were it to go permanently.


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    Four-Percent
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    Where in the name of jaysus was/is a spar near Roebuck?


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    **Timbuk2**
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    Four-Percent wrote: »
    Where in the name of jaysus was/is a spar near Roebuck?

    Roebuck Road / Foster Avenue crossroads.
    Was called "Roebuck Stores" and was under the franchise Spar.


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    Raphael
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    **Timbuk2** wrote: »
    Roebuck Road / Foster Avenue crossroads.
    Was called "Roebuck Stores" and was under the franchise Spar.
    Not recently, actually. They stopped being a spar franchise a few months back, and just became roebuck stores.


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    #17
    **Timbuk2**
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    Raphael wrote: »
    Not recently, actually. They stopped being a spar franchise a few months back, and just became roebuck stores.

    Oh, I see - I never knew that!

    I always noticed that for a lot of things, the shop at Foster Avenue / Roebuck Road was cheaper than Spar in Clonskeagh - which makes more sense if one was Spar and the other wasn't!


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    **Timbuk2** wrote: »
    Oh, I see - I never knew that!

    I always noticed that for a lot of things, the shop at Foster Avenue / Roebuck Road was cheaper than Spar in Clonskeagh - which makes more sense if one was Spar and the other wasn't!

    they were never particularly good value tho anytime I was in there tho imo.


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    #19
    **Timbuk2**
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    glasso wrote: »
    they were never particularly good value tho anytime I was in there tho imo.

    No, it was expensive enough. They had a good enough lunch deal though, I think it was a chicken fillet roll, crisps and a 500ml bottle of Coca Cola or water for €3.99, which isn't a bad deal!


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