{"id":14549,"date":"2015-03-27T10:10:37","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T10:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/?p=14549"},"modified":"2015-03-27T10:10:37","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T10:10:37","slug":"aldi-bus-replaces-college-dinners-and-is-more-than-sufficient-for-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/index.php\/aldi-bus-replaces-college-dinners-and-is-more-than-sufficient-for-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Aldi Bus Replaces College Dinners And Is \u201cmore than sufficient\u201d For Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<h1>Reports to the Accommodation Office stated\u00a0that\u00a0students were walking over 20 minutes to do\u00a0their\u00a0shopping and getting a taxi home<\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h1>Now the Aldi bus runs every Monday evening at five and seven o\u2019clock<\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h1>Sign up for the Aldi Bus service at <a href=\"mailto:ULaldibusrep@gmail.com\">ULaldibusrep@gmail.com<\/a><\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14550\" alt=\"Aldi Bus Poster\" src=\"http:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Aldi-Bus-Poster.png\" width=\"278\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Aldi-Bus-Poster.png 278w, https:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Aldi-Bus-Poster-246x350.png 246w, https:\/\/www.anfocal.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Aldi-Bus-Poster-77x110.png 77w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Aldi Bus service began in week seven and is set to continue on two routes every Monday evening until the second week of May.<\/p>\n<p>The bus has two routes, the first is Killmurray and Plassey, the second route is Dromroe, Thomond and Cappavilla.<\/p>\n<p>Students Union Welfare Officer Shane McCormack organised this service for students by working with Sligo IT where the idea originated, he said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bus service is completely free, anyone can hop on, you don\u2019t have to live on campus at all, you just need to email the UL Aldi Bus Rep, book your spot and even if you don\u2019t you can show up and if there are spaces available you can get on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ULSU will be putting reminders on Facebook every Thursday as you need to book your spot weekly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have allocated stops for the bus so it\u2019s safe, the students will be signed on by reps and they will make sure everyone is on again after they are finished their shopping.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s going to continue on until the second week of May, it is a solid trial run and depending on how the rest of the semester goes, it\u2019ll be there again next semester.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This service does not cost the students anything as the cost is covered by Aldi.<\/p>\n<p>The Aldi Bus service has replaced an existing service called \u201cCollege Dinners\u201d which was brought in in the beginning of September.<\/p>\n<p>According to Shane: \u201cThey originated down in Cork, in UCC where they have an agreement with the accommodation office down there whereby if international students call the accommodation office they will be told about college dinners and they would have gotten a large student base from that.<\/p>\n<p>When they came to UL the same arrangement wasn\u2019t able to be put in place because the accommodation office is already advertising meal plans.<\/p>\n<p>It was unfortunate but they decided that they would stick with their original marketing which to us didn\u2019t seem like it would target the wider student body.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately the service did not receive the same response as it did in UCC and died out. However the service was a very good one:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou got your weeks dinners for 12 euro so that\u2019s three euro per day and you got all your meat, all fresh veg all fresh everything, the meat was vacuum packed, they were proper dinners and because of the marketing they didn\u2019t get enough pick up.<\/p>\n<p>They had to cease operating here on campus and stopped at the end of February.<\/p>\n<p>The reps from College Dinner contacted the students and said sorry we won\u2019t be able to operate beyond this date, and the students were disappointed with that but we will be re-evaluating that in the lead up to June for possible re-launch next September.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two services were in competition but the Aldi Bus has proved to be \u201cmore than sufficient\u201d for students:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOriginally the Aldi Bus would have been in competition with the College Dinners so when I found out that the College Dinners wasn\u2019t doing so well and they\u2019d have to wrap up because business wasn\u2019t as they expected and they were running at cost. For the time being the Aldi Bus is more than sufficient to replace that.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with the Accommodation Office, it was reported that students were walking 20 minutes to go to Aldi for their shopping and then getting a taxi back, whereas now they can get transport to and from Aldi for free every Monday at five and seven o\u2019 clock.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>By Michelle Hogan<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_14549\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"14549\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 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