Aldi

[shell07]

Does anyone know when the new Aldi's is opening?

I actually cant wait for it to open its doors because of the value from money they provide. I reckon its next door neighbour Supervalu will see a decrease in business, does any1 else think that 2?

[fullastern]

Definitely, it's bound to have an effect on SuperValue. I'm not sure when it's opening Shell, but it's got to be soon because they're already fitting the shelving, fittings, etc.

[Ned Kelly]

I read that tescos are going into competition with aldis and lidls?

[fullastern]

So they say. More like a PR stunt - drop the prices for a month or so to wean away the competitors' customers. It's a tactic that's been around since the first shops ever opened.

[Kieran]

Aldis are due to open in mid-August and believe it or not, Supervalu are welcoming it as they correctly surmise that alot more folk will stay in town to shop and will pop next door to them for specific items not available in Aldi's. once in there they will buy more!

[Katy]

Will the new shop be on the main street? anything that helps families and indivuals get a good deal is a good thing......:)

[Kieran]

No, it will be about a mile and a half from town front next to the old church cemetery.

[shell07]

I read too that tesco was competing with lidi and aldi but I reckon fulla could be right about it being a PR stunt.

Im surprised that supervalu are welcoming it, but i suppose ppl wont be able to get all of their shoppin down in aldi so they will pop into supervalu afterwards.

wonder how long it'l take before a Lidi opens up....cos where theres an Aldi, theres a Lidi!! and visa versa

[Ned Kelly]

Whatever happened to *BUY IRISH*?

[fullastern]

You'd be doing well to find anything Irish these days. As I pointed out on another thread Galtee cheese now comes from Austria and Boyne Valley Honey comes from all over the place (eastern Europe, Australia) but not Ireland.

[Mike]

I believe that the Supervalue service has dropped dramatically since it changed hands awhile back. I personally don't shop their anymore for that particular reason.

[Kieran]

Spot on their Fulla, 'Donegal Catch' fish which is plaserted all over our TV screens in advirtisments is actually packaged in Scotland. Buy -Irish, it doesnt matter anymore because people will go for the bargains no matter what and will help employ Irish people to serve them those goods.

[Katy]

Same at home mega big stores open give mega special offers to get the customers in....then bit by bit the prices start creeping up.....so watch your shopping bills........:cool:

[shell07]

Aldi's and Lidi do supply Irish produce...the fruit and veg and some meats are all Irish. Havent really paid attention to other products but i will and il report back

[Ned Kelly]

Much the same story over here, the so called aussie products such as vegemite, aeroplane jelly and heaps more have been bought by foreign companies and everything else comes from china!

[karibou]

Any news on when the shop will open ?

[fullastern]

I thought it might be on the Aldi website (www.aldi.ie) but it's not. Can't be very long though, the external work looks finished and the place is lit up at night.

[Ned Kelly]

Dairy products from China, Would'nt touch them with a bargepole at the mo!
Twelve more arrests over milk contamination http://www.nzherald.co.nz/cssimagesjs/gfx/icon-photo-small.gif (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/image.cfm?c_id=3&gal_objectid=10532876&gallery_id=102565) http://www.nzherald.co.nz/cssimagesjs/gfx/icon-video-small.gif (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/video.cfm?c_id=3&gal_objectid=10532876&gallery_id=102556)



Hebei police have arrested 12 more people in connection with China's tainted milk scandal and detained the sacked chairwoman of the San Lu Group, part-owned by New Zealand's Fonterra.
The International Herald Tribune said police had confiscated 300 kilograms of suspected chemicals, including 222.5 kilograms of melamine, a chemical which is believed to have caused the deaths of three babies and left more than 6,200 sick.
Shi Guizhong, spokesman for the Hebei provincial police, told the Tribune that the dozen arrests today brings the total to 18 over the scandal.
Tian Wenhua, who was fired by San Lu on Tuesday, was detained under laws governing the production and sale of harmful food products, according to Hebei.com, an official news website in Hebei province.
A top local official in the northern city of Shijiazhuang, where San Lu is based, had also been sacked over the food safety crisis, the site said.
Beijing has also cancelled all kinds of exemptions for inspections previously given to food producers.



Health Minister Chen Zhu said he expected the numbers of affected babies to increase as "more and more parents take kids to the hospital."
The head of China's quality control watchdog agency, Li Changjiang, said 5,000 inspectors would be sent out nationwide to monitor companies after government testing showed that 20 per cent of the companies producing milk powder had dairy products with melamine.
The chemical additive was at the centre of a pet food scandal in the United States in 2007. An estimated 1,500 dogs and cats died after ingesting a pet food ingredient manufactured in China that was laced with melamine.
The emerging crisis has raised questions about the effectiveness of tighter controls China promised after a series of food scares in recent years over contaminated seafood, toothpaste and pet food exports.
It is also the second major case in recent years involving baby formula. In 2004, more than 200 Chinese infants suffered malnutrition and at least 12 died after being fed phony formula that contained no nutrients.
Yesterday, Fonterra's chief executive Andrew Ferrier said the scandal was as bad as things get for a food company. The snowballing crisis was "gut-wrenching" he told a press conference.
In a sign of the government's concern, Premier Wen Jiabao presided over a meeting of China's Cabinet to back plans for a national inspection of milk products, according to a notice on the government's website.
Suppliers to the dairy companies are believed to have added the banned chemical - normally used in plastics - to watered-down milk to make it appear higher in protein. Inspectors will now start testing for melamine in all dairy products, Li said.

[fullastern]

Aldi is due to open its new Cobh store at Tiknock on Thursday, 23rd October.

[Mike]

I still haven't seen them advertise any jobs going there.

[fullastern]

Very true, nor have I, though people can apply for jobs in general through their website.

[Ned Kelly]

With the state of the economy, they'll probably auction the jobs *to the lowest bidder*