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Yesterday I wrote a follow up to some tweets on Tuesday morning regarding the proposed acquisition of Superquinn by Musgraves. I think this is going to be an interesting proposition for the Competition Authority, and the government. It…
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Back in early April, Margaret E. Ward (@MargaretEWard) put out the call on Twitter for some tips on what to do, or not do, when out grocery shopping. I believe she was going onto the Tubridy radio show (@TubridyTweets) to talk about su…
I had coffee this week with someone who has a similar interest in consumer affairs as myself. They were highlighting something that [...]
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Back in early February, I ordered some flowers for a birthday and when given the choice between a “regular” and a “large” [...]
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Back in early February, I ordered some flowers for a birthday and when given the choice between a “regular” and a “large” [...]
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I didn’t get around to writing about this article when it was published a couple of weeks ago, but it’s definitely worth [...]
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I’m getting tired of the frequent coverage given to Tesco and how they’re operating, allegedly, in the Irish grocery market. I don’t [...]
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It’s some time ago that the NCA admitted that they had to give up on trying to build a grocery price comparison [...]
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There was an exchange in the Dail last week (as recorded on KildareStreet.com) where Dr. James Reilly, Fine Gael TD for Dublin [...]
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One of the more popular pages on this site is my constantly updated feature on reasons not to get involved in using [...]
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I wrote recently about some comments in the Seanad and elsewhere from people concerned that Irish consumers were sometimes being conned into [...]
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I’ve covered this topic a few times in the past, but I thought I’d come back to it again. I know from [...]
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I was having lunch recently with a friend in The Bailey on Duke Street in Dublin. We noticed a car pull up [...]
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Splashed across the Aldi website at the moment is the headline “Ireland’s Best Value Discounter”, while available on many of the Lidl [...]
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You may already have seen the press coverage of the new internet based “Buy Irish” campaign being promoted by an organisation called [...]
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I had to read this recent story in the Evening Herald, Lidl bargain sets Irish stores meaty challenge, a few times before [...]
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I love this post from the QualityDigest.com, written by Joe Callaway, 10 Steps to Keeping your Customers Loyal. As we’re starting 2010 [...]
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I just want to air my grievances at the price difference between stg and euro with A-Wear stores. For example I see “military gold button day dress” is £30stg but €40 in this store to buy in ireland? This is charge 67p to €1? How can t…
This e-mail came through from a reader recently – something to be careful of. Remember though, if you’re going to be subjected to such a charge, you need to be told about it up front. If it’s something that you’re credit card co…
This came through to me here at ValueIreland.com in the past few days. You can’t go wrong with a book as a gift for Christmas – no matter young or old.
30th November 2009: The theme this Christmas is value and with this in mind, books are a…
Last week I noticed that the Gala chain of stores now make available their weekly special offers on their website. The page is available here.
I have also added that Gala page to the full listing of grocery store special offers available here.
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This interesting e-mail came through recently to ValueIreland.com from a business person who is investigating providing price comparison in their particular market to try to show consumers that they actually do provide better value for money than their…
Paul Cullen wrote this story back in September, Stepping out in the €27.99 suit, when it was one of their websites top stories early in the morning. It even made the rounds of Twitter for a while as well.
The cheap Lidl suit story has been around for…
Early 2009 saw the setting up of a number of businesses designed to take the pain out of shopping in Newry for Irish consumers. These businesses would both take you up north by bus and bring your shopping home for you, or they’d take delivery of your…
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For one day only on Friday 13th November at 09.00am, M&S are going back to their roots as the Original Penny Bazaar and offering an exclusive range of 15 different M&S Christmas products for one cent each.
There’ll be 15 products available including mugs, knickers, hankies, notebooks, ties, key-rings, Christmas chocolates and Christmas Yule [...]
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