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Tesco Wicklow Town

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  • 15-02-2018 5:31pm
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    2013Lara
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    Missed this in the paper I think. When is construction due to start on the new store? I assume it'll be closed for a while?


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    Annasopra
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    What is happening?

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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    2013Lara
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    Apparently they're doubling the size and that it was in the Wicklow people a few weeks back?


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    BoJack Horseman
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    2013Lara wrote: »
    Apparently they're doubling the size and that it was in the Wicklow people a few weeks back?

    This has been "planned" for around a decade now.

    Believe it when we see it.

    Raising the existing dump to the ground will only be an improvement.


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    2013Lara
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    BoJack Horseman wrote: »
    This has been "planned" for around a decade now.

    Believe it when we see it.

    Raising the existing dump to the ground will only be an improvement.

    Yeah the planning came through when we were moving to the town but nothing has came of it! People were talking about it being in the paper and that work was imminent. Can't find anything about it though so as you say, will believe it when I see it.


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    vickers209
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    2013Lara wrote: »
    Yeah the planning came through when we were moving to the town but nothing has came of it! People were talking about it being in the paper and that work was imminent. Can't find anything about it though so as you say, will believe it when I see it.

    Tesco are asking the council to extend the planing permission period that is due to expire in march

    https://amp.independent.ie/regionals/wicklowpeople/news/tesco-revives-plans-for-major-store-expansion-36522768.html


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    2013Lara
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    vickers209 wrote: »
    Tesco are asking the council to extend the planing permission period that is due to expire in march

    https://amp.independent.ie/regionals/wicklowpeople/news/tesco-revives-plans-for-major-store-expansion-36522768.html

    Thanks for that! I go to Tesco in Arklow at the min so would love to see this get the go ahead. I'm probably not the only local who doesn't shop there! It has nothing in it.


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    Panjandrums
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    2013Lara
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    Panjandrums wrote: »
    From reading the application, I got the feeling that they have no intention of starting within the next 5 years and that they just want to extend it so that the tens of thousands they spent on planning isn't put to waste.

    Neighbours will be disappointed! They swore they were starting building very soon after it being in the paper. Wish I'd read it now! It'll most likely never happen


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    BigMoose
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    2013Lara wrote: »
    Thanks for that! I go to Tesco in Arklow at the min so would love to see this get the go ahead. I'm probably not the only local who doesn't shop there! It has nothing in it.

    You're not the only local to shop elsewhere! We often go to Arklow as the Wicklow store is so sh*te.


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    Working class heroes
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    Why exactly do people think the store is ****e? I go into it from time to time and I find it grand. Granted it's not on the same scale as Arklow but calling it ****e is a bit of an exaggeration, no?

    Racism is now hiding behind the cloak of Community activism.



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    2013Lara
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    Working class heroes wrote: »
    Why exactly do people think the store is ****e? I go into it from time to time and I find it grand. Granted it's not on the same scale as Arklow but calling it ****e is a bit of an exaggeration, no?

    Fine for the basics but not a great range of anything. So much more choice in greystones or arklow.


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    Working class heroes
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    2013Lara wrote: »
    Fine for the basics but not a great range of anything. So much more choice in greystones or arklow.

    No arguments there, Lara - but I think calling the store ****e is over the top.

    Racism is now hiding behind the cloak of Community activism.



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    BigMoose
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    Compared to Arklow (or even Wexford), the car park is awful but too small to lay out any better, the range of items stocked is terrible - some things simply aren't available at all, others are hit and miss. For a big weekly shop, compared to pretty much any other Tesco shop around, I think sh*te is entirely appropriate.


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    Working class heroes
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    BigMoose wrote: »
    Compared to Arklow (or even Wexford), the car park is awful but too small to lay out any better, the range of items stocked is terrible - some things simply aren't available at all, others are hit and miss. For a big weekly shop, compared to pretty much any other Tesco shop around, I think sh*te is entirely appropriate.

    You must have high standards so, M&S person are you?

    Racism is now hiding behind the cloak of Community activism.



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    BigMoose
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    I think Arklow/Wexford are the standard of shop Tesco should be providing in Wicklow. It is currently very poor in comparison for the above mentioned reasons. Nothing to do with shopping in M&S.


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    Panjandrums
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    Working class heroes
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    Panjandrums wrote: »
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    Lidl? Supervalue?

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    Panjandrums
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    Working class heroes
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    Panjandrums wrote: »
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    Worse than Tesco then?

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    ladylady32
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    Working class heroes wrote: »
    Why exactly do people think the store is ****e? I go into it from time to time and I find it grand. Granted it's not on the same scale as Arklow but calling it ****e is a bit of an exaggeration, no?

    1. No parent and child parking (although this is probably a blessing, as these spaces are usually full of me fieners, without infants, who couldn’t give a damn about anyone else)
    2. Trolleys left out in the rain, with no cover, meaning they are soaking wet when you try to put a child in.
    3. Have you ever tried to pack a full weeks shopping into a trolley there... it’s back breaking due to all the twisting because space is so tight.
    4. Poor stock selection, and poor dates on the fresh food, cramped aisles.
    I’m sure I could go on....most people I know go to Greystones or Arklow to do their weekly shop. I find it terrible that a town of Wicklow’s size hasn’t one decent grocery shop.


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