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Waitrose Frozen Food in Dunnes?!

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  • 07-05-2012 12:32pm
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    Solair
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    I was just wondering if anyone else has spotted this.

    I was shopping in Dunnes in Carrigaline, Cork. It's not my usual supermarket, but we were just passing and dropped in.

    Anyway, picked up a Waitrose-branded Frozen Tarte Tintan !

    Just thought it was a bit odd to see Waitrose, a fairly high-end UK supermarket chain's products on Dunnes' shelves.

    Dunnes in Carrigaline is definitely one of their fancier supermarkets in terms of gourmet ranges of food.

    I was just wondering if this is some kind of weird purchasing of a sample product or, if Dunnes are going to stock Waitrose products officially?


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    Shane-KornSpace
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    They probably bought it in. What's the issue?


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    amdublin
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    Next you'll be querying Birds Eye fish fingers.

    I don't see the consumer issue.


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    Solair
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    Oh! Thanks for the helpful sarcasm!

    The issue is that Waitrose is a supermarket chain and that's a private label product. It's a bit like finding M&S products stocked in Supervalu.


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    christmas2012
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    did you try them?


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    amdublin
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    Solair wrote: »

    The issue is that Waitrose is a supermarket chain and that's a private label product. It's a bit like finding M&S products stocked in Supervalu.

    oooh that'd be great!


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    sandin
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    You used to find some waitrose own brand in superquinn in the old days - both were part of some european buying group.

    In this case its probably a special offer that dunnes have picked up from one of their regular suppliers (huge amount of food products made here for UK supermarlets) and the only thing wrong with it is the packaging is for another supermarket. No problems with name as waitrose don't operate here.


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    Solair
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    That would make sense, however it's not made in Ireland it's made in France :)

    It tasted like proper Tarte Tintan!


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    Corruptedmorals
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    It's not a once-off, they do Waitrose christmas cake and pudding and other luxury goods from time to time.


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    Bluefoam
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    Our imports from the UK exceed our exports. Its about time people started buying Irish (and stop shopping in Tescos). No wonder there are no Jobs. Its also important to tell our local retailers that we want good Irish products rather than UK/other...


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    skinny90
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    Bluefoam wrote: »
    Our imports from the UK exceed our exports. Its about time people started buying Irish (and stop shopping in Tescos). No wonder there are no Jobs. Its also important to tell our local retailers that we want good Irish products rather than UK/other...
    :rolleyes:


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    pleasant Co.
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    skinny90 wrote: »
    :rolleyes:

    Couldn't have put it better myself, may I add an obligatory :pac:


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    Discodog
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    If an Irish supermarket were to do a deal & stock the Waitrose range of ready meals they would make a fortune. But it is no good if they do it on an occasional basis.


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    ABajaninCork
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    Where, WHERE???? Lemme get down there quick!! :D


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    Bluefoam
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    skinny90 wrote: »
    :rolleyes:
    Mactard wrote: »
    Couldn't have put it better myself, may I add an obligatory :pac:

    I'm obviously not in on the joke... Care to explain?


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    skinny90
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    its a ridiculous statement with little thought put into it:) do I really need to go into detail??


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    Bluefoam
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    skinny90 wrote: »
    its a ridiculous statement with little thought put into it:) do I really need to go into detail??

    I'm afraid you do. My statement is true & well considered. But I'm intregued by your dismissal of my comments. To be honsest, I thought your dismissive response was due to the obvious nature of what I said...


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    skinny90
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    Bluefoam wrote: »
    Our imports from the UK exceed our exports. Its about time people started buying Irish (and stop shopping in Tescos). No wonder there are no Jobs. Its also important to tell our local retailers that we want good Irish products rather than UK/other...

    Tesco employs roughly 14000 people in ireland. pays tax/vat etc does alot more than of the other big grocery stores.

    its about time people started buying irish??please go into detail of what you mean by that. are you suggesting that buying cornflakes in dunnes/supervalue benifits the economy instead of purchasing it in tesco? or are you just saying that we buy stuff that says made in ireland?

    have you checked the latest figures on imports vs exports this year? I think it was released about 2-3weeks ago..


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    piperh
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    Bluefoam wrote: »
    Our imports from the UK exceed our exports. Its about time people started buying Irish (and stop shopping in Tescos). No wonder there are no Jobs. Its also important to tell our local retailers that we want good Irish products rather than UK/other...

    That'd be great if they were affordable to all but often thats not the case. People shop where they can get the best value these days, not right maybe but simple economical logistics for some.


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    Solair
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    I try to buy irish where possible, but for a lot of consumer products its just not possible as the products do not exist from Irish suppliers or, they're niche, high end gourmet versions.

    We'd be better off trying to export products we do make well, rather than trying to return to Dev era protectionism policies which nearly destroyed the economy!

    a lot of our UK imports are consumer goods produced by multinationals. There is no Irish alternatives to most of these.

    Also, a lot of our UK imports are probably just transiting the UK. Again, largely products from multinationals, consumer electronics made in Asia, clothes etc very few of these are made in the UK, they might be distributed to Ireland from there though as the two markets are usually seen ad one by most big companies.


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    ejmaztec
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    Solair wrote: »
    I try to buy irish where possible, but for a lot of consumer products its just not possible as the products do not exist from Irish suppliers or, they're niche, high end gourmet versions.

    We'd be better off trying to export products we do make well, rather than trying to return to Dev era protectionism policies which nearly destroyed the economy!

    a lot of our UK imports are consumer goods produced by multinationals. There is no Irish alternatives to most of these.

    Also, a lot of our UK imports are probably just transiting the UK. Again, largely products from multinationals, consumer electronics made in Asia, clothes etc very few of these are made in the UK, they might be distributed to Ireland from there though as the two markets are usually seen ad one by most big companies.

    Quite a few food-related imports are probably manufactured by businesses owned by the likes of the Kerry Group overseas, just to add to the confusion.


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    Diddler1977
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    Solair wrote: »
    I was just wondering if anyone else has spotted this.

    I was shopping in Dunnes in Carrigaline, Cork. It's not my usual supermarket, but we were just passing and dropped in.

    Anyway, picked up a Waitrose-branded Frozen Tarte Tintan !

    Just thought it was a bit odd to see Waitrose, a fairly high-end UK supermarket chain's products on Dunnes' shelves.

    Dunnes in Carrigaline is definitely one of their fancier supermarkets in terms of gourmet ranges of food.

    I was just wondering if this is some kind of weird purchasing of a sample product or, if Dunnes are going to stock Waitrose products officially?

    Are you sure they weren't Tarte Tatins?!


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    Solair
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    I was typing on an android device. Touch-screen in English is bad enough!


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    Jev/N
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    Diddler1977 wrote: »
    Are you sure they weren't Tarte Tatins?!

    218912-22212-tintin_large.png


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    rubadub
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    Solair wrote: »
    The issue is that Waitrose is a supermarket chain and that's a private label product.
    There is no legal issue with this, if that is what you are asking. In other threads people confirmed a pub could buy and sell lidl brand beer if they wanted -and I wish they would.


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    Discodog
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    rubadub wrote: »
    In other threads people confirmed a pub could buy and sell lidl brand beer if they wanted -and I wish they would.

    You wouldn't when you saw the mark up :D


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    What exactly is the Consumer Issue here? :confused:


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    Bluefoam
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    skinny90 wrote: »
    Tesco employs roughly 14000 people in ireland. pays tax/vat etc does alot more than of the other big grocery stores.

    its about time people started buying irish??please go into detail of what you mean by that. are you suggesting that buying cornflakes in dunnes/supervalue benifits the economy instead of purchasing it in tesco? or are you just saying that we buy stuff that says made in ireland?

    have you checked the latest figures on imports vs exports this year? I think it was released about 2-3weeks ago..


    If Tesco didn't have the scale to employ these people, the other retailers would be bigger & have a requirement to employ more people.

    You are twisting my argument. I never said buy only from Irish stores, I said buy Irish - as in by Irish product. Ireland is ideally situated and has some of the richest land in the world, we should be producing quality product for the worlds needs, but to achieve this we need to concentrate on the home market first - buy Irish, this will create jobs, revenue for the exchequer, cash flow and ultimately positive ecomony...

    We import 3 times more from the UK, than we export to them. This is a huge imballance & means that there is cash leaving the country and not returning... That cash is going into the pockets of British workers...

    Back onto the topic of Tescos. It is well documented that Tescos have squeezed the Irish wholesalers and producers out of their stores (to a large extent), small manufacturers who supply into the grocery trade who used to supply into Quinnsworth now have very limited or no access to supply Tescos, due to the massive contracts and price engineering they take part in. I have seen this in action & although they tell you they sell Irish product, the amount of Irish product on their shelves minimal.


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    Solair
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    I find tesco has quite a poor selection of branded goods compared to SuperValu/Quinn or Dunnes at times.

    They definitely seem more aggressive with suppliers. For example, whole ranges of household goods vanish and reappear, obviously as they play P&G, unilever and Reckett and Benkieser off eachother for shelf space.


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    ejmaztec
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    Bluefoam wrote: »
    If Tesco didn't have the scale to employ these people, the other retailers would be bigger & have a requirement to employ more people.

    You are twisting my argument. I never said buy only from Irish stores, I said buy Irish - as in by Irish product. Ireland is ideally situated and has some of the richest land in the world, we should be producing quality product for the worlds needs, but to achieve this we need to concentrate on the home market first - buy Irish, this will create jobs, revenue for the exchequer, cash flow and ultimately positive ecomony...

    We import 3 times more from the UK, than we export to them. This is a huge imballance & means that there is cash leaving the country and not returning... That cash is going into the pockets of British workers...

    Back onto the topic of Tescos. It is well documented that Tescos have squeezed the Irish wholesalers and producers out of their stores (to a large extent), small manufacturers who supply into the grocery trade who used to supply into Quinnsworth now have very limited or no access to supply Tescos, due to the massive contracts and price engineering they take part in. I have seen this in action & although they tell you they sell Irish product, the amount of Irish product on their shelves minimal.

    I wouldn't have thought that large supermarket chains would have much need for wholesalers, when they have the buying power to go straight to the manufacturers.


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    ThisRegard
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    Bluefoam wrote: »
    It is well documented that Tescos have squeezed the Irish wholesalers and producers out of their stores (to a large extent), small manufacturers who supply into the grocery trade who used to supply into Quinnsworth now have very limited or no access to supply Tescos, due to the massive contracts and price engineering they take part in. I have seen this in action & although they tell you they sell Irish product, the amount of Irish product on their shelves minimal.

    Not entirely true. Go into any regional store and you'll see an aisle specialising in local produce from small artisan producers from that particular area that you won't be able to pick up in say a Tesco elsewhere, or any other store for that matter.

    This whole Tesco being portrayed as a big evil in this country is ridiculous, every other larger retailer does the same. And the difference between Tesco and Dunnes for example is that Tesco pays dividends to their employees and shareholders, Dunnes keep it within the family.


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