Dunnes Ongar

robbie000

I was in Dunnes last night and I have to say it was a discgrace that the shelves were empty of alot of stock. The vegetables section was a joke barely anything left, the freezer section was also empty.

Other products I had looked for at the weekend that were sold out were still not restocked.

I wouldnt normally bother complaining but I sent an email to Dunnes head office as this store seems to be going downhill and if it keeps going like this I will start shopping up in Lidl or Aldi.

Hopefully they can get some good managers in this shop to get it back to a decent convenience store. As the managers seem to be changing alot in this store which cant be helping the problem.

Larbre34

robbie000 wrote: »

I was in Dunnes last night and I have to say it was a discgrace that the shelves were empty of alot of stock. The vegetables section was a joke barely anything left, the freezer section was also empty.

Other products I had looked for at the weekend that were sold out were still not restocked.

I wouldnt normally bother complaining but I sent an email to Dunnes head office as this store seems to be going downhill and if it keeps going like this I will start shopping up in Lidl or Aldi.

Hopefully they can get some good managers in this shop to get it back to a decent convenience store. As the managers seem to be changing alot in this store which cant be helping the problem.

In fairness, you'd be hard pressed to find fresh food stock in any size or location of supermarket late in the evening

robbie000

I was in the shop around 6.30pm last night and I would expect to find some amount of stock on the shelves.
There was nearly nothing in the vegetable section and the whole shop seemed to be short of stock on the shelves.
The shop seems to have gone down hill with either a lack of enough staff to keep the shelves stocked or bad management I am not sure which.

Its just a pity as living in Ongar its handy to be able to drop into it but looks like I will be in the car heading to Aldi and Lidl which will definately be stocked even late into the evening as they seem to be run better.

Dub XV

Can anybody tell me when this store opened?

782378

Think it opened in late 2004

Omackeral

I used to work there myself for 3.5 years. Opened just after Christmas 2004/ New Years 2005. Here's a very obscure article that mentions it.

http://www.neighbours.ie/forums/archive/index.php/t-14878.html

ongarboy

a really interesting article. I enjoyed the bit about the pub and cafe outdoor tables spilling out onto the square "next summer" ie 2005. Very much real estate spiel!

johnwest288

ongarboy wrote: »

a really interesting article. I enjoyed the bit about the pub and cafe outdoor tables spilling out onto the square "next summer" ie 2005. Very much real estate spiel!

the only thing spilling out onto the square are skangers with pints of cider from kellys:rolleyes:

johnwest288

ongarboy wrote: »

a really interesting article. I enjoyed the bit about the pub and cafe outdoor tables spilling out onto the square "next summer" ie 2005. Very much real estate spiel!

Off topic sorry but i note

"The replica Ongar House - the original having been demolished - will re-open as a public house with a restaurant upstairs"

Where was the original Ongar House is that where the Aga Khan Resided?

Gaspode

Hansfield House was on the same location as that new building. There were other old houses in the area, but I'm not sure if there was an Ongar House. Have a look here to see what was around before this new developments

amdublin

Interesting article alright!

There's parking for Dunnes on the roof

Dub XV

Between the laundrette and 3 Kings Chinese is a ramp with additional parking on the roof.

I only ever see kids hanging around up there.

amdublin

Dub XV wrote: »

Between the laundrette and 3 Kings Chinese is a ramp with additional parking on the roof.

I only ever see kids hanging around up there.

Wow! Never knew that. Thank you

ongarboy

There is never a demand for the roof parking as there is always ample space in the main carpark.

rolling boh

I see you can buy some clothes in Dunnes ongar now surly bending the rules a bit .