The first day it opened it was like a tourist site, but the
Ibadan people have since found their way back to their
local markets...lol. Barely a month after the grand
opening of Shoprite at Heritage Cocoa Mall, on Oba
Adebimpe Road, Dugbe, Ibadan, Oyo State, the retail
store has been hit with low patronage. The number of
Ibadan people who go there to buy things have
reduced drastically. Some residents blame it on the
prices of goods at shoprite. While some say it's
cheaper to buy some goods from their local markets
than from shoprite, others say though it's cheaper to
buy from shoprite than the stores in their
neighborhood, the difference isn't much and the
transport fare to go to shoprite and back isn't worth it,
so they stick to shops in their area.
The most patronized commodity at shoprite Ibadan is
the freshly baked bread, everything else na
manage...:-) Though people go there a lot on the
weekends...just to look around. Hehe

What were they expecting when they opened in Ibadan?? They think ibadan is Ph..its just a bad investment on their part..next time open shop in an Oil city.. First to comment incase its makes front page

Swaginton: The first day it opened it was like a tourist site, but the
Ibadan people have since found their way back to their
local markets...lol. Barely a month after the grand
opening of Shoprite at Heritage Cocoa Mall, on Oba
Adebimpe Road, Dugbe, Ibadan, Oyo State, the retail
store has been hit with low patronage. The number of
Ibadan people who go there to buy things have
reduced drastically. Some residents blame it on the
prices of goods at shoprite. While some say it's
cheaper to buy some goods from their local markets
than from shoprite, others say though it's cheaper to
buy from shoprite than the stores in their
neighborhood, the difference isn't much and the
transport fare to go to shoprite and back isn't worth it,
so they stick to shops in their area.
The most patronized commodity at shoprite Ibadan is
the freshly baked bread, everything else na
manage...:-) Though people go there a lot on the
weekends...just to look around. Hehe

So what, you went to Shoprite on one Saturday, took a picture and decided to come here to draw conclusions? Nonsense.

What you guys don't know is that we have other big stores that sells things for cheap in ibadan. For example I have like 2 discount stores close to my area and would honestly not just get in a cab and go down to dugbe. Besides there is this big wholesale market called agbeni where things are super cheap. I still don't understand why people think ibadan people are poor, just because they are laid back doesn't mean they are poor. Of course we have poor people which is the same in other towns but we have quite a number of rich and comfortable people. pls stop hating ibadan.

honey86: What you guys don't know is that we have other big stores that sells things for cheap in ibadan. For example I have like 2 discount stores close to my area and would honestly not just get in a cab and go down to dugbe. Besides there is this big wholesale market called agbeni where things are super cheap. I still don't understand why people think ibadan people are poor, just because they are laid back doesn't mean they are poor. Of course we have poor people which is the same in other towns but we have quite a number of rich and comfortable people. pls stop hating ibadan.

Ah I remember that agbeni back in my UI days, I buy almost everything there except for a few toiletries @ foodco.. Agbeni even sold eggs... I miss ibadan sha

Y patronage no go low,their things are xpnsve,to mak matters worse,they don't even ave foreign products,ordinary persil sef no dey,mscheew,na so so omo and sunlight full d place,