To celebrate the opening, the Nearby team held a grand opening day with live music and giveaways from Limericks’ Live 95fm Shadow Team, free customer goodie bags packed full of supplier treats and a chance for customers to ‘Spin The Nearby Wheel’ for their chance to win some amazing spot prizes. There was also special deals running across household essentials and grocery lines on the lead up to the event and over the celebration weekend for customers to avail of. Store Owner Tom O’ Hallaran had this to say, “We were delighted to hold a customer fun weekend and give a little back to the local community for all the support over the past 8 years. It was great for the village and created a real buzz all week with so many customers looking to know what was happening. We wanted to keep it all a secret for the Friday launch and it really paid off.”

This store is very much at the heart of the local community in Oola and provides essentials services with a Post Office inside, convenient parking to the front and rear, wide range of grocery lines, freshly baked goods made in store, ice-cream available, a deli counter, Cuppa coffee to go, Payzone and National Lottery.

As if the above wasn’t enough for this rural store, there was one more surprise that was not planned by the Nearby team. On the day of the launch of Nearby Oola a lucky customer who joined in on the celebrations had a double celebration of their own, winning the €1,000,000 National Irish lottery ticket on the day. Tom commented, “We couldn’t believe our luck let alone the customer’s luck – things like this doesn’t happen here! A winning ticket sold here on the official day of our opening, you just couldn’t write it! We are over the moon and wish our new Millionaire every success. We hope they still stop by.”

Jason McSteen, Nearby ROI Sales Manager had this to say about the Nearby symbol, “Retailers joining the Nearby family can enjoy all the benefits of a symbol brand while keeping total control over their business. From day one we work with you, to understand what makes your retail space unique. We don’t ask for long term contracts, marketing fees or weekly advertising costings. We offer an attractive brand, bespoke signage, consumer promotional activity, central billing and a dedicated business development manager to guide you with your business needs.  Come speak to me and the team – with 150 stores already throughout Ireland we are always Nearby.”

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The Nearby Creeslough shop opening on Friday 11^th November, next to St Michael’s Church, giving the people of Creeslough the opportunity to shop close to home with local jobs being supported.

Nearby have been in partnership with the Lafferty family for over 12 years and wanted to provide a facility for the local community to be able to continue to shop in their own community.

“Friday 7^th October 2022 will be a day that will stay with many after the tragic events that occurred in the village of Creeslough, Co Donegal,” said Michael Skelton, MD of S&W Wholesale.

“The desire however, from people near and far to want to do something to help has been very heart-warming and we, as the retail partner of the Lafferty’s Nearby store, promised we too would stand shoulder to shoulder with them and the Creeslough community.

“Having been in partnership with the Lafferty family for over 12 years, we understand fully the impact this tragedy has had in the local area. We continue to be very mindful and respectful of what has happened, with the victims and their families being a significant priority for us at S&W Wholesale.

“Working closely alongside the local community, the Diocese, and the Lafferty family we are proud to have been able to get those much-needed services and essentials back into Creeslough. This significant joint investment opened a store on Friday 11^th November next to St Michael’s Church to ensure the people of Creeslough can shop close to home with local jobs being supported.”

Michael continued: “The strength and teamwork of this close-knit community is touching to be a part of. Creeslough and beyond has supported the Lafferty family and us in getting their store opened to allow for those much-needed services back into the community. It has been great to witness local contractors, our supply partners, the Diocese, staff of the store all working alongside our symbol [Nearby] teams across ROI and NI.

“This really is a community store built by the local community and we are proud to see our support come to fruition. From all of us at S&W, we can’t thank you enough for the support and guidance and we hope that this store is a symbol of our long-standing commitment to Creeslough and the surrounding areas.”

The store opened on Friday 11^th November with staggered opening hours as a mark of respect to all the victims as Novena Masses continue. Annette and Danny-Martin, owners of Nearby Creeslough said: “We have been overwhelmed by the help, support and guidance from friends, strangers, S&W Wholesale and our community of Creeslough to get the store opened.

“Your kind messages of support mean so much to us, the family circle and our great team of staff. We hope to see you in store very soon.”

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