Do You Buy Irish?

[jorge]

Does anyone buy Irish goods these days or do you care?

[superfrank]

I just bought two packs of Jacob's Bourbon Creams yeaterday.

[Anto McC]

I dont really care, i know i should but i don't

[dahamsta]

If I feel the Irish manufacturer or provider isn't screwing me, yes. Unfortunately that can be quite rare.

adam

[harry crumb]

Definately, especially with yougarts.

What the **** is wrong with Irish cow? :confused:

everywhere i look I see Danone on the shelves.

**** Danone and BUY IRISH!

[dcfcsteve]

Have always tried to do so since I became 'socially aware' as a kid.

Used to cajole/force my parents into buying Irish products.

I still do myself when I can and when the choice is relevant - even if it does seem less important in the age of the Celtic Tiger.

I'd expect Eircom League fans to be more likely than 'barstoolers' to have this mindset. A lot of us support our teams through a sense of local/national pride.

What really fecks me off is people buying Walkers crisps - Tayto are the best, as confirmed by numerous English people I've tried them on....

[Colm55]

Does anyone buy Irish goods these days or do you care?

Superquinn sausages lad - the best in the world !!! Irish pigs sliced and diced and made..

Rashers thrown in too...

Any big irish supermarlets provide the irish feoil agus arán, pasta is anyones guess, prataí are usually irish grown along with the vegetables, thats what goes on my plate..

non edibles... I do what I can, goes back to business studies for junior cert, buy irish, help irish and all that.

Am conscious about it, and do try to adhere to the principlies.. so yes i dos buy irish as much as possible...

[Macy]

Never mind superquins or the other supermarkets and their "irish" products...

We buy all our meat from the local butcher, buy our bread (and lovely cakes, jams etc) from the local sale of work, get our veg from either the local butcher or farmers markets...

All support the local economy, but above all the quality of it all is far far better, across the board.....

[Bluebeard]

As a child of the old Guaranteed Irish campaigns, I would always buy Irish as far as is humanly possible, except where the quality is hazardously poorer.

More a King man than Tayto, but either are far better than Walkers in that crisp bracket. And how the likes of Muller or the Danone's are doing well here over Yoplait or Glenysk (the finest yoghurt in Ireland, IMO) baffles me. I was on holidays in Norway, and even there they had Yoplait, and I can tell you, it was the finest yoghurt available there.

[Drumcondra Red]

Yes, to a certain extent, but on the whole, well, probably, but I've stopped checking tbh!

[pete]

I rarely check anymore although might check when i've already purchased. I don't like the "packed specially for Tesco/Dunnes..." things on packets as I should know where produce comes from.

I don't think i'd ever buy irish for the sake of it as when it comes to fleecing off the consumer the irish producer will do it just as quickely as a foreigner. Whats the difference of Tesco or Dunnes making profit from me?

[carrickharp]

Guinness ;)

[Drumcondra Red]

:confused: Yeah, you know its not Irish don't you???

[dcfcsteve]

I don't think i'd ever buy irish for the sake of it as when it comes to fleecing off the consumer the irish producer will do it just as quickely as a foreigner. Whats the difference of Tesco or Dunnes making profit from me?

There's a huge difference Pete.

Tesco's profits get shipped over to Enfield and Cheshunt, north of London. Beyond salaries, locally sourced products and their other local costs, nothing remains in Ireland.

As an Irish -registered company, ALL of Dunnes profit remains in Ireland, along weith the salary, haulage etc costs. They pay tax on that profit in Ireland (though no doubt at a level lower than they probably should, given good Accountants, but it's revenue for this country none-the-less).

There's a very, very clear difference, and one has a much bigger benefit to the Irish economy than the other.

[anto eile]

usually go with whatever is better value
walkers cripss are absoulute muck. king (but hate the odd few packs where theyr cut too thin) then tayto. walkers..rather not eat anything than them.theyr the same as those sh!tty american crisps "lays"

[pete]

AFAIK Tesco operate in the Republic as 'Tesco Ireland'. from what i've seen they buy a lot of local produce brands as well as branded under Tesco. We can't possibly know how much tax Dunnes pay or whether their Directors spend the cash in Ireland or the Bahamas.

Its like suggesting people used East mobiles because were irish owned (denis O'Brien payed feck all tax here) as opposed to Vodafone.

What i'm saying is just because companies nominally owned by irish citizens rarely makes a difference.

[Macy]

No difference in my mind between Tesco and Dunnes - only corporation Tax that's any difference, and sure we all know what lengths Dunnes would go the avoid paying that.

The "moral" choice of the Irish supermarkets would be superquin, since they pay (by far) the best wages of the three.

If you want to buy local produce, you have to buy locally from independent retailers - anything else you're just kidding yourselves tbh.

[Aberdonian Stu]

I generally focus on the quality of the product rather than where it comes from. With regards to fresh produce that would obviously tend towards Irish.

The real reason you should support your local butcher over the supermarket is that it's generally both cheaper and a better quality of product.

This is a bizarre one but a fact no less. Economies of scale should favour the larger operator, the supermarket, and with most produce they do but meat still favours the butcher and the only possible explanation is that the growing logisitical chain is having an effect on larger providers. But even this is questionable as it doesn't affect other groups.

Now I'm aware some folk, including Macy, might assume it's the supermarket trying to screw people over but it doesn't make sense to do it with meat goods. Generally the more staple 'dinner' goods are where they try to outdo the local joe and any rises are usually elsewhere.

[Pauro 76]

Cos Im over in the UK, i tend to look out for Irish brands and buy those for nostalgia purposes! (Kerrygold, Denny etc.) And I agree on Taytos, far better than Wa*kers crisps.

[Aberdonian Stu]

Emigrant-nostalgia can be a strange thing.

I made a point of buying Taytos whenever I came home from Scotland, and I was only there for a year.

Even stranger still I really missed...DUTCH GOLD.

Couldn't get the stuff over there at all, and yes I am aware it's not "buying Irish" but I was a student and in those days (technically still in them) it was as Irish as a cup of tea or hang sandwiches.

It's my preferred foul tasting cheap import.

[holidaysong]

It's my preferred foul tasting cheap import.

Mine too... :D

[The Stars]

I am very much one of those people who make sure i buy Irish and i think the whole country should.if you dont do so already this is what you do.

Go to LIDL and make sure what you buy has a fimilar language on it...its that simple :D

[hudhastings]

dutch gold imo is the nicest tasting beer from a can that im aware of. so what if its not irish, its cheap. people who buy mcvities also piis me off as well as walkers crisp buyers there mank.

[Macy]

Royal Dutch was much better. Stronger. 5 Royal Dutch + Bottle Buckfast = 1 Great Night in Coppers/Palace/Portobello* c.2000 :D

*and terribly low standards it must be said :o

[Aberdonian Stu]

I was never fond of Royal Dutch. It was the "In" drink when I began my not-so-legal drinking days but Dutch Gold was coming back into fashion and I drank that instead.

[Wiseguy]

I try and buy Irish as much as possible.Go to the local buther for the meat,go to the fruit & veg shop for that and get the remainder in VFM/Aldi/Lidl or Supervalu.I hate Tesco and will only go if all the other shops are closed.

[carrickharp]

I hate Tesco and will only go if all the other shops are closed.
You havent' been to Tesco Crumlin then, classy shop in a classy "shopping centre" :eek:

[pete]

Tesco are the best of standard shop. Usually have best location & opening hours too. Superquinn are more expensive but better quality in fresh foods & better service. They too far for me to travel to regularily though.

[fosterdollar]

I was never fond of Royal Dutch. It was the "In" drink when I began my not-so-legal drinking days but Dutch Gold was coming back into fashion and I drank that instead.
It's quite simple. Royal Dutch 5% vs. Dutch Gold 4,2%. No contest when the general idea is to get rubbered. Anyway DG is rank.

[The Stars]

Bavaria........nuf said.isnt that right wild rover