Tesco Extra Balbriggan new opening hours

Vico1612

Just a heads up : the Balbriggan Tesco is now longer 24x7 from today
new opening hours are from 6am to Midnight

tatli_lokma

Heard that before Christmas alright. As many of us speculated here on boards, it was only a matter of time before it became unfeasable to open 24/7.
The reasoning I was given by the girl on customer service, is because they only pay 1 security guard for the night shift and the place was being fleeced.

sgarvan

I was told pretty much the same by a Tesco member of staff.

Night staff will still be working but the shop will be closed.

Jimdagym

Dave smooch finished up last week too. I hope no more go. January is a rotten time though.

Rashers72

I read that yesterday while in store.
On a similar note, I was in Lidl in Balbriggan yesterday, and found it had virtually no fruit and veg at 3pm on a Sunday. When I asked at the tills they indicated a delivery had not arrived.
So I went up to Tesco, and low and behold they had very little. Shelves were very low in Fruit and Vag, but they had a lot of reduced short dated items (very brown etc.). I asked someone there, and they said that Keelings now stock all the fruit and veg at nights, hence Tesco staff cannot do anything about shortages during the day. On a positive note, they suggested the Fruit and Veg store beside Tesco was good. And they were right. Oranges, strawberries all cheaper.

tatli_lokma

yeah that fruit and veg shop is a great little place. Very cheap for their spuds, and they do good deals on oranges and apples etc. They regularly have more unusual items like sharon fruit and fresh figs, plantain etc. And can order in stuff for you. They also do unpasteurised milk and locally produced jams and stuff. The plum jam and marmalade is to die for.

Jimdagym

Little Ted wrote: »

yeah that fruit and veg shop is a great little place. Very cheap for their spuds, and they do good deals on oranges and apples etc. They regularly have more unusual items like sharon fruit and fresh figs, plantain etc. And can order in stuff for you. They also do unpasteurised milk and locally produced jams and stuff. The plum jam and marmalade is to die for.

They also saved our christmas dinner by having sprouts on christmas eve when tesco had sold out!

cathy01

Rashers72 wrote: »

I read that yesterday while in store.
On a similar note, I was in Lidl in Balbriggan yesterday, and found it had virtually no fruit and veg at 3pm on a Sunday. When I asked at the tills they indicated a delivery had not arrived.
So I went up to Tesco, and low and behold they had very little. Shelves were very low in Fruit and Vag, but they had a lot of reduced short dated items (very brown etc.). I asked someone there, and they said that Keelings now stock all the fruit and veg at nights, hence Tesco staff cannot do anything about shortages during the day. On a positive note, they suggested the Fruit and Veg store beside Tesco was good. And they were right. Oranges, strawberries all cheaper.

And there is a very handsome cleaver polite charming young man working there...
Ok ok it's my son :-)

Kintarō Hattori

Little Ted wrote: »

yeah that fruit and veg shop is a great little place. Very cheap for their spuds, and they do good deals on oranges and apples etc. They regularly have more unusual items like sharon fruit and fresh figs, plantain etc. And can order in stuff for you. They also do unpasteurised milk and locally produced jams and stuff. The plum jam and marmalade is to die for.

Which Shop is this?

Stheno

The fruit and veg shop in Millfield

tatli_lokma

Stheno wrote: »

The fruit and veg shop in Millfield

That's the one! beside the Carphone Warehouse, opposite the euro shop

giant_midget

That butchers is great up there too, That place has been my source of dinner since it opened and the old castlemill butcher closed!

Morpheus

But hasnt the old castlemill butcher now re-opened just down from the original shop?

giant_midget

Morpheus wrote: »

But hasnt the old castlemill butcher now re-opened just down from the original shop?

Nope it's not the same, New owner. They still use the old labels on their products. It's still nice but not a patch on the old Castlemills butcher for selections or quality. Not bad though..

Jimdagym

In a millfield related note, Graham O'Sullivans is now closed too. The wife was up there earlier and they were talking it apart.

sgarvan

Jimdagym wrote: »

In a millfield related note, Graham O'Sullivans is now closed too. The wife was up there earlier and they were talking it apart.

I heard before Christmas they were closing.

Rent is too high (€55k) for the number of customers that go into the restaurant.

tatli_lokma

Jimdagym wrote: »

In a millfield related note, Graham O'Sullivans is now closed too. The wife was up there earlier and they were talking it apart.

Thats a shame from a jobs point of view, but I have to say I am not surprised - the quality and selection of food left a lot to be desired. Also, I always wonder why the centre designers thought it was a good idea to put the proposed food outlets down that end of the centre - the opposite end has an amazing view of Balbriggan, out across the sea and even up on the left you can see Mourne on a good day. If the view was nicer I'd be more inclined to stop and have a coffee.

P_1

sgarvan wrote: »

I heard before Christmas they were closing.

Rent is too high (€55k) for the number of customers that go into the restaurant.

Crikey that's a massive rent to be covering for a restaurant that would have their average customer buying a coffee and a sandwich.

Bluetonic

Little Ted wrote: »

Thats a shame from a jobs point of view, but I have to say I am not surprised - the quality and selection of food left a lot to be desired. Also, I always wonder why the centre designers thought it was a good idea to put the proposed food outlets down that end of the centre - the opposite end has an amazing view of Balbriggan, out across the sea and even up on the left you can see Mourne on a good day. If the view was nicer I'd be more inclined to stop and have a coffee.

Two reasons I'd imagine: 1) In the long term the view may be extinguished/diminished with planning already granted for a four story building with roof top car park between it and the the road, 2) it gets no sun as it's north facing, the other orientation is west, south west facing so gets lunchtime, afternoon and evening sun.

JohnnieK

I wonder is it the beginning of the end for Millfeild SC. Personally I would be one of those customers who would enjoy a coffee in Grahams, I thought it was the nicest coffee out of the 3. Ah well, it's a pitty.

If that really is the rent, someone needs to think long and hard about it, or else it will be an empty unit for a long time.

Eoineo

JohnnieK wrote: »

I wonder is it the beginning of the end for Millfeild SC. Personally I would be one of those customers who would enjoy a coffee in Grahams, I thought it was the nicest coffee out of the 3. Ah well, it's a pitty.

If that really is the rent, someone needs to think long and hard about it, or else it will be an empty unit for a long time.

On a similar note, I noticed that the Cead Mile Failte cafe is closed (used to be the Bagel Bar… On Drogheda Street.

tatli_lokma

Bluetonic wrote: »

Two reasons I'd imagine: 1) In the long term the view may be extinguished/diminished with planning already granted for a four story building with roof top car park between it and the the road, 2) it gets no sun as it's north facing, the other orientation is west, south west facing so gets lunchtime, afternoon and evening sun.

You might be right about the sun, but I have to say, never have I had the pleasure of the sun there...but then there are nto many places on our damp little isle that I get that pleasure anyway!

Where abouts is that 4 storey builing you mention being located. Between the end of the SC and the road there is only the grave yard and the field beside it so I imagine the field? what's the building for, do you happen to know?

Eoineo

Would I be right in saying that's for the Aldi with the apartments on top? To go into the field where the circus goes. Aldi say they're not going to build because of the rates & planning charges to build...

tatli_lokma

Yeah that sounds about right...but I would hope that Aldi have a enough business sense to realise that with a 24hr tesco next door, and a lidl within a few miles, plus a Dunnes and Supervalu added to the fact that most of the newer estates are still half empty they would be mad to spend that kind of money now. I know the whole aldi thing was originally planned during the boom, but I really don't think it is needed now.

sgarvan

Aldi thread from a while back

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=57878861

Planning Permission link

http://planning.fingalcoco.ie/swiftlg/apas/run/WPHAPPDETAIL.DisplayUrl?theApnID=F08A/0181&theTabNo=1&backURL=%3Ca%20href=wphappcriteria.display?paSearchKey=868729%3ESearch%20Criteria%3C/a%3E%20%3E%20%3Ca%20href=%27wphappsearchres.displayResultsURL?ResultID=903078%26StartIndex=1%26SortOrder=rgndat,apnid%26DispResultsAs=WPHAPPSEARCHRES%26BackURL=%3Ca%20href=wphappcriteria.display?paSearchKey=868729%3ESearch%20Criteria%3C/a%3E%27%3ESearch%20Results%3C/a%3E

Rashers72

Was in that fruit and veg shop this morning. Really lovely staff, and great prices. Bought a 2 litre of milk for Eur1.29, while I think own brand in Tesco was Eur1.69. All their fruit and veg was great quality, and some prices beat Tesco's while others not so.....

Eoineo

I normally get my store cupboard items in Tesco, fruit & veg in the grocer's along with milk & cream then meat in Browne's. :-)