Galway Advertiser 1997/1997_08_14/GA_14081997_E1_024.pdf 

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THREADNEEDLE STORES
By Mary Conroy

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CELEBRATING A year In business, the Gibbons family of Threadneedle Stores on Threadneedle Road is busy gearing up for the hectic pre-school season.

Specialists i n B a r C o d e a n d Point o f Sale S c a n n i n g System w o u l d like to wish Mary & Frank c o n t i n u e d success i n their business.

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rank and Mary Gibbons took over the business in the middle of August last year and say they haven't looked back since - "it's been an exciting year, and the back up we've received from the locals has been great," says Frank.

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ket," says Frank, "We try to stock as large a range of items as is practical - in terms of ^ p a c e alone we can be a little bit limited, but we have a good range of the things people want most. "People seem to have certain routines when it comes to shopping - they will often only buy the morning paper in a cer With a huge range of groceries, newspa tain place - but we've noticed lots of peo pers and magazines, an extensive deli ple breaking their normal habits and pop selection, as well as most household fuel ping into us for requirements their paper on Threadneedle Stores their way into certainly seems to work, for exam have found its niche ple," he says. in the convenience store market. Carrying about 3,000 lines, the Open seven days a average cus week from 7.30am tomer is spoiled to 10pm, for choice with Threadneedle Stores everything from is just the place to fresh fruit and pop into for that late veg, to house night pint of milk, hold goods, t o or that early morn buckets and ing paper. spades. "We try to place Run in the man the emphasis on the ner of a tradition convenience ele al family busiment of the busi n e s s ness," says Frank, Threadneedle adding that he has Stores also f e a - ' seen a steady rise in tures freshly the numbers of peo popped popcorn Frank and Mary Gibbons ple shopping with and freshly the store. whipped ice cream cones. "Customers expect certain standards in And the Gibbons like to remember those trade, and once you've set those standards, to .whom they owe a good deal of their people expect you to maintain them," he day-to-day trade: says. "We must pay tribute to the school kids Located in a friendly, inviting premises who come in here - they're always very opposite Galway Lawn Tennis Club. well behaved and we try to give them their Threadneedle Stores manages to cater to due. Our deli section is very popular with the needs of school children, their parents, the students - they seem to go for the patrons of the tennis club and Aras an healthier alternative rather than just graz Piarsigh. ing on a few packets of crisps or chocolate Smaller, more intimate places like bars," says Mary. Threadneedle Stores are gaining populari ty among shoppers who are tiring of large chain stores, and increasingly recognise the value of a convenient venue close to home that has more flexible opening hours. "We cater more for the convenience mar Threadneedle Stores on Threadneedle Road is open seven days a week from 7.30am to 10pm and also features phone, fax and photocopying service - phone: (091) 520 121; and fax: (091) 520 120.

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