Tesco

I saw that- doesn’t appear they’ve applied for planning permission yet which is odd. Sounds like they’re just sitting on the site for now

I agree - we will hear of Tesco creating 70/80 new jobs ( most minimum wage or just above it ) . Meanwhile a number of local stores will let staff go or close down altogether leading to 70/80 job losses elsewhere from local retailers.

tesco shareholders in the UK be the real benefactors

The council want to levy a vacant site tax on them- I can see both sides here to a degree - why waste a fortune on a site doing nothing but at the same time Tesco or whoever should just get on with developing it. Sitting on a valuable site like that serves no purpose to the public interest.

Yes and watch high Street become much like many other high streets throughout the country, with lots of empty units.

Tesco will destroy our high street.

Kilkeny high street isn't exactly something to be proud of at the moment with all the vape shops, phone repair shops. So Tesco express going into an empty shop unit is a welcome development in creating jobs that would not otherwise be created.

Wonder might Tesco take the soon to close Super valu unit? Surely it’s ready made for them and takes away any claims of taking business out of town

It was but I wonder might they reconsider on financial grounds?

Article about super valu and how they’re under pressure- not surprising too expensive and gone way down hill especially the formers Superquinn stores

https://www.thejournal.ie/supervalu-stores-closed-6224210-Nov2023/

I don’t shop that much in SV and gave up on the market cross one a long time ago when they ditched the hours free parking and the store itself went way way down hill and became utter rubbish. But I only get €5 off €35 which is ok for me as I’d rarely be spending that much there anyhow. Even the Loughboy one ditched the fresh deli meat slicers and helpfully direct you to pre packed stuff. Dunnes have them licked hallow, I’d expect more of them will close around the country too

It was an utterly crap store- absolutely nothing to entice you in. And like all SVs very expensive. Really badly run and out of date. Was great when it was Superquinn. Musgraves can only survive with minimal competition- Dunnes down the street is infinitely better

Not sure- they were planning a small store on High st-

https://www.ireland-live.ie/news/kilkenny-live/1557681/major-development-on-tesco-plans-in-kilkenny.html

Does this mean they'll open without an off license or just abandon plans?

Think it’s a Tesco metro planned to go on there- has anyone an actual concrete update? The Kilkenny people is such a rubbish source of news they find out nothing about anything

do you know if it’s actually going ahead then? Seeems like quite a small store even for a metro. Kilkenny could badly do with more grocery options

Tesco have confirmed their new small format store will open in October on high street and that final plans have now been submitted for the larger store on castlecomer road at the old mart site

Tesco Site

ePlan - Online Planning Details

There are close to 200 car spaces for the real element including 19 ev charging spaces. The 90 spaces you mentioned are in the housing element. Details on the maps

https://idocsweb.kilkenny.ie/ViewFiles.aspx?docid=408924&format=djvu

The express one on High st appears to be progressing nicely- walked by it today and the shell of it appears to be ready for fitting out

This must not be too far off opening- walked by and they were installing the checkouts and shelving a few days ago.

On another note- anyone else hear Super Value are planning to reopen in the Market Cross- under a different franchisee? Would appear to make sense as they never relet or advertised the vacant store- likely renegotiate much better terms. Also Musgrave ran stores are crap in my experience just like that one when they closed it.

never heard of super valu going reopen at market cross, that would be 3 super valu’s then after eurospar rebranded