Irish shoppers spent €25m on Easter eggs as on-brand label products perform well for supermarkets
Kantar
Rate eases sharply in February as input costs for energy and fertiliser fall and retailers compete to keep prices down
Level was at 7.1 per cent in December and 16.4 per cent in March of last year
ECB may have stopped raising rates but mortgage rates are likely to fall only slowly and energy and grocery prices remain elevated
Prices still about 10.5% higher now than this time last year, but retail analysts Kantar upbeat about further falls in inflation
Many Irish households will spend an extra €1,000 or more on groceries over the next year compared with 2020, and there is zero chance of prices falling to pre-crisis levels, even in the long term
Inflation rates ‘still much higher than we have previously seen’, retail analyst says
New figures from Kantar put grocery price inflation at 16.5%, just 0.1% lower than last month
Retailer plans to open a further 18 stores in 2022
Prices reaching a rate of inflation not seen in almost a decade, with marked rise in staples
Pricewatch: Many Irish homes already feel the recent spike in costs
Kantar retail figures show slight decline in grocery sales for 12 weeks to August 8th
Shoppers avail of chance to eat and drink away from home as economy reopens
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