Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Other Local Resorts & Areas => Hisaronu Discussion Forum => Topic started by: Old Daffodil on February 10, 2010, 10:55:08 AM
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I had a wander around Hisaronu today and saw that yet another supermarket is openining up. "Alda" is now going to be in the village near to the Fez bar.
We have loads of supermarkets in Hisaronu and Ovacik now.Some are only open for the summer but we will be spoilt for choice!
Azda, Migros,Alda, Dia, Sok,Bim,Gempa are all here now and that is only the big supermarkets, there are also loads of smaller family stores here and a few pork shops as well which stock British favourites like Oxo cubes and Birds custard powder. How are they all going to make a profit?
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They won't all make a profit so it is survival of the fittest but it seems to be a Turkish thing that someone opens a business so someone copies them next door instead of creating a new opportunity :)
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So will that be 2 Alda,s in h this year??????
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No, I have just been told that Alda was there in the summer,I did not notice it before!Must be the summer heat.:D
Hope that there is enough custom for all these shops to survive.
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Yes Alda was there all last summer!! Genpa in Ovacik has now closed
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Genpa closed last winter and opened again in summer,maybe the same will happen this year again,but do agree how are they all going to survive.
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well, I'm not too sure that Genpa will open again.... Since this week the place is up for rent 'kiralilk'
And about ALDA, it was there before, and during summer you will notice that it is just AZDA again, but the cheaper version (they have the same staff, going from one place to the other) just like Sok is actually Migros (but for a lot of products again cheaper)
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Azda is like Aladdin's cave, absolutely everything on sale in there. Gardening items, footwear,cosmetics, electrical goods,ornaments and foodstuff and more. Migros is good for the butchery department and the Bim is near to where I live so I try shop at all of them to give them all some custom.
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Are any of these open outside season, i.e March time for houshold goods etc.
Kevin
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Bim, Migros, and Azda are open all year round.
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Azda is one of these supermarkets that never gives you the right change. For example if a bill is 10.36TL you can be sure that they will round it up to 10.40TL. Last week my bill was 8.45TL and I gave her 10TL and got back 1.50TL. I had to ask her for the difference. She knew what she had done as she gave me the 5 kuros straight away without checking the change she had given me.
This rounding is common but in Azda they will always round up. In Migros in Hisaronu they also do the same thing but I have found that they round up or down to the nearest 5 kuros.
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Azda is one of these supermarkets that never gives you the right change. For example if a bill is 10.36TL you can be sure that they will round it up to 10.40TL. Last week my bill was 8.45TL and I gave her 10TL and got back 1.50TL. I had to ask her for the difference. She knew what she had done as she gave me the 5 kuros straight away without checking the change she had given me.
This rounding is common but in Azda they will always round up. In Migros in Hisaronu they also do the same thing but I have found that they round up or down to the nearest 5 kuros.
How times have changed I used to like the idea of going to a shop, when they did not have 5 kuros or less they would give you some sweets:D. Must be losing the relaxed turkish approach having to behave as a "brit-style " supermarket :).
David
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Thanks Guys.
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I know someone who saved up all the sweets they were given instead of cash and when asked to pay for some goods handed them all back as payment!:D
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I know this might be a daft question, but does anyone know which of these supermarkets parent companies are actually Turkish, it might be interesting to know?..
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Migros is now owned by an investment fund in London.
Sok is owned by Migros.....
DIa is owned by Sabanci who also co own Carrefour