Tesco petrol station in Dundrum TC

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biggerry

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Does anybody know what the story is with the new Tesco petrol station in the new Dundrum TC.

A couple of weeks ago there was a sign outside it saying it was opening on April 24th (I think), but it still isn't open.

Anybody know what's going on?
 
A Tesco staff member told my missus that it was held up by a court challenge from some tenants of the old Dundrum Shopping Centre claiming that it would cause extra traffic, though that sounded like a bit of a shaggy dog story to me.
 
Tesco applied for and got planning for a Petrol station in XXXXX, Cork. The owners of a nearby ***** lodged every kind of whinging objection you could imagine. So its still held up.
i wouldn't be surprised to see the ***** guys on hunger strike outside the grocery shop itself soon....
 
Now the station has opened, some issues arise:

/ Unleaded selling at 98.9c, diesel 95.9c
/ This is only 1c less than the nearby Statoil and Maxol
/ Northside Tesco are selling on average 5c less than nearby stations
/ The 5c off per litre shopping discount applies to all other Tesco EXCEPT Dundrum
/ Station opened two weeks after scheduled date, even though it was complete and presumably ready for business

Wonder what is going on in Dundrum...
 
the s/c is a rip off joint, so why wouldnt the ppetrol station station be any different. Given the type of clientelle they wan in the s/c, those people would not be travelling for cheap petrol, but more for the convenience.
 
98.9c is as good as you'll get on the Nside at the moment and 95.90c for diesel. Have a look at this site for petrol price comparisons.


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Murt
 
Let's be charitable and assume that Tesco didn't want to create a mad, mad queue of cars blocking up the centre in their first week, and they will gradually reduce the price to create a bigger differential with the other local stations - right?
 
Don't think I trust that irishfuelprices website. It says that on 9th May my local petrol station was 99.9 when it's been at 101.9 for the past 2 weeks!
 
Did you inform them of the change, cahir. Doesn't that site rely on the public to update the prices?
 
Yep, informed them but obviously someone on Monday said it was 2c cheaper than it has been for weeks - maybe it was the garage people themselves trying to drum up business.
 
Hi Cahir,

A problem for irishfuelprices.com is that in certain areas of the country prices drop at weekends (or Wedensdays) and increase again. This has been the situation in Tralee for over a year now.

At present (11/05/05) McLoughlins Texaco in Newbridge Co Kildare is 96.9 and Toghers at Red House Newbridge Co Kildare is 97.7 which is better than Tescos Maynooth who are 98.9 c/l.

ajapale
 
Dundrum Tesco Garage does take 5c off vouchers. Happy days.Cheapest by far on the south side
 
You get 5c off voucher by spending over €40 in Tesco. Same for Tescos in Clarehall and Finglas.
 
Hi BigGerry,

Over the last few days Tescos petrol prices have drifted upward towards to low end of average. They are no longer the cheapest in the country.

I have noticed however in Killarney (but not Maynooth) that they have introduced a 5c/l discount for customers who purchase more than €40 of groceries at that particular store. Be carefull as there is an exception list as long as your arm. It excludes baby formula, lottery ticket, cafe purchases for example.

ajapale
 
Hi Cahir / Ajapple,

Sorry for the stupid question, but can either of you tell me how this works?

If Tesco advertise their price as 100c per litre and I buy 50 litres of petrol, the cost on the pump will be €50. Do I then produce my voucher so the petrol will now cost me €47.50?
 
The baby stuff not being counted I think is the Law. You also don't get clubcard points for baby products, they can't coun towards anything. I know you are not allowed advertise baby formula in case it encourages women to not breast feed, so maybe you are just not alllowed any baby incentives at all.
 
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