Iceland

[joeysoap]

on my last visit in December I had reason to visit Leroy Merlin and as is its in Guia curiosity as much as anything brought me over to Iceland (or whatever ).

Pleasantly surprised with the choice, alright there was an almighty amount of Christmas party stuff which is not my cup of tea, but each to his own on that front. But they did had Haywards pickled onions, Haywards baby beetroot both of which I am partial to, so happy days. They also had Coca Cola at half the price of Intermarche, so 3 purchases from me that day. I had a look around the shop and noticed that a lot of the goods came from UK even though some made no sense ie Kelloggs cornflakes were from UK but the Kelloggs cornflakes made in Spain are perfect, (and cheaper)
We love the choice and the variety of Portuguese cheeses but sometimes you just want a plain old cheddar and I noticed that they had English Cheddar for €1.40 (marked £!)

I would not shop everyday in Iceland but a visit now and again could certainly prove useful, and yes James, a lot better than the Northern Ireland version of the shop (don't think they have any shops in Republic, or if the do, none near where I live)

[James Faro]

There's one in Dublin and I presume the deliveries to it are on en route from the Northern Ireland branch.

[widge]

FROZEN food entrepreneur Malcolm Walker is poised to buy back Iceland Foods – the company he founded more than 40 years ago.

The business started from scratch by Mr Walker in 1970 is the biggest company in Wales, and the world’s 217th largest retailer.

But in recent months its future has been plunged into uncertainty after the creditors of failed Icelandic banks Landsbanki and Glitnir decided to sell off their majority stake in the business.

But an end to that uncertainty is now in sight, with Mr Walker likely to regain control of the business,

[Jaylay]

Opened again Saturday morning.

[Sharen Crane]

At Christmas I noticed they were also stocking some items from Waitrose. Given some of the prices being considerably cheaper and some of the goods better quality than Intermarche and Continent, I know where I will be shopping in the future!

[jamielyon4]

FROZEN food entrepreneur Malcolm Walker is poised to buy back Iceland Foods – the company he founded more than 40 years ago.

The business started from scratch by Mr Walker in 1970 is the biggest company in Wales, and the world’s 217th largest retailer.

But in recent months its future has been plunged into uncertainty after the creditors of failed Icelandic banks Landsbanki and Glitnir decided to sell off their majority stake in the business.

But an end to that uncertainty is now in sight, with Mr Walker likely to regain control of the business,

only if ASDA and Morrisons dont make an offer above his value....its going to be interesting what the outcome is, we better get our invoices paid quick!

[Bruce Wallis]

As Jaylay said, Iceland was open this morning....and packed out, doing a roaring trade.
Continente, in the main Guia shopping centre was virtually deserted. No wonder the Portuguese could be accused of ganging up on Iceland!........

[EMM]

IF Overseas had labeled the food correctly they would not have been closed down " Q E D "