LIDL, making a political point? whats the story?

[lawnseed]

I'm not really a big hurling fan, the inevitable sight of a guy in black and yellow lifting the Liam MC carthy in September is like ground hog day for me.(all credit to kilkenny) however the young lawnseedlings are hurling mad they have good sticks and slithers but they don't last long when the training is 'the stick the ball and the wall' day and night. i was pleased to hear that the sticks and ball were on offer in German supermarket giant lidl. how bad could they be..? the kids could train at home with the cheap stuff and use the good sticks for proper training. so off to lidl in armagh last week and searched the shop no hurling stuff??!!  sold out? nahh.. i was informed that i was in 'lidl uk' and hurling stuff was only sold in 'lidl ireland'!! is this true has anyone seen any hurling stuff in a lidl store in the six counties. this is worse than kelloggs doing the gaa bowls and not doing the nordie counties. emails are already in germany no replies as yet. gonna try monaghan

Not really "making a political point". 

LIDL has different specials in different countries.  The reality is that LIDL U.K. and LIDL ROI are separate companies so offers can vary.

I doubt that Helmut back in the Berlin Head Office is aware that the lawnseeds believe the Good Friday Agreement entitles them to cheap hurling gear and like as not the map on his office wall shows Northern Ireland is part of the UK.

/Jim.

These are the two different pages
http://www.lidl.ie/cps/rde/xchg/SID-96DE773D-20E334F2/lidl_ri_ie/hs.xsl/offerdate.htm?offerdate=32051
http://www.lidl.ie/cps/rde/xchg/lidl_ni_ie/hs.xsl/index.htm

The special offers are virtually identical every week. I suppose the selling of GAA gear in their local store, might get a few of the brethern a little hot under the collar.

great post. i suppose the same as you do. the main distrubution centres are in nutts corner, newbridge, and mallow. trucks shuttle between these hubs taking various goods from each other then out to the shops. i'll assume that the hurls are delivered to mallow how hard could it be to stick a pallet on the nutts corner trailer.

still no replies this could be a job gaa headquarters

[laoislad]

this is worse than kelloggs doing the gaa bowls and not doing the nordie counties.

Is this true?

lol if it is 

[Tony Baloney]

Maybe they thought (rightly  ) that there would no market for hurling sticks in Armagh. For some of the locals it would be like seeing a banana in the shops for the first time.

[armaghniac]

Maybe they thought (rightly  ) that there would no market for hurling sticks in Armagh. For some of the locals it would be like seeing a banana in the shops for the first time.

If they can introduce the locals to Kielbasa, they should be able to cope with hurling.

[Fear Bun Na Sceilpe]

I'm surprised people on here don't remember that they did stock the hurling stuff bout 3 years back both sides of border.
I got a great stick for my daughter and our club bought a stack of training sliothars.we got them in buncrana road Derry City. I do remember at the time that unionists in loyalist areas of ni publicly voiced their disgust and that the story made the Irish news

[bennydorano]

Yip, i bought senior & junior hurleys and a ball 4/5 years ago, pretty sure i got them in Lidl.

[johnneycool]

I'm surprised people on here don't remember that they did stock the hurling stuff bout 3 years back both sides of border.
I got a great stick for my daughter and our club bought a stack of training sliothars.we got them in buncrana road Derry City. I do remember at the time that unionists in loyalist areas of ni publicly voiced their disgust and that the story made the Irish news

I don't voice disgust when I see a cricket bat or NI jersey, they should be told to f**k off.

[armaghniac]

This should allow positive emails be sent along the lines of I hear that the hurling gear is back, when is it coming to my branch. People need to do this and go along and buy some stuff to stop the bigots getting their way.

[AQMP]

this is worse than kelloggs doing the gaa bowls and not doing the nordie counties.

Is this true?

lol if it is 

No.

[AQMP]

The special offers are virtually identical every week. I suppose the selling of GAA gear in their local store, might get a few of the brethern a little hot under the collar.

I was thinking that. My first instinct is the same as Jim's, that corporate Lidl back in the Fatherland are too inflexible to realise that there might be a demand for hurleys in some parts of the UK. After that, I'm wondering whether they're being (overly) sensitive to the possibility of petrol bombs through the windows of their stores. The thought that they want to let the Taigs know that Ulster is British seems a distant third in the list of reasons for not stocking hurleys.

Indeed, what with Warwickshire's recent success and all that...

[deiseach]

The special offers are virtually identical every week. I suppose the selling of GAA gear in their local store, might get a few of the brethern a little hot under the collar.

I was thinking that. My first instinct is the same as Jim's, that corporate Lidl back in the Fatherland are too inflexible to realise that there might be a demand for hurleys in some parts of the UK. After that, I'm wondering whether they're being (overly) sensitive to the possibility of petrol bombs through the windows of their stores. The thought that they want to let the Taigs know that Ulster is British seems a distant third in the list of reasons for not stocking hurleys.

Indeed, what with Warwickshire's recent success and all that...

[gallsman]

How many people on here from the North who are put out by this have much of an interest in hurling?

[Fear Bun Na Sceilpe]

How many people on here from the North who are put out by this have much of an interest in hurling?

Me for 1.

[snoopdog]

How many people on here from the North who are put out by this have much of an interest in hurling?

Me for 1.

It isnt just Hurling they are also selling Gaelic footballs for 9.99 size 4 and 5 good training balls for kids. Plus gloves.

[lawnseed]

this is worse than kelloggs doing the gaa bowls and not doing the nordie counties.

Is this true?

lol if it is 

No.

you got a nordie kelloggs bowl then???