Grocery prices register slight drop via IrishTimesBiz
Shopper visits to stores were up 10.6 per cent in April, making an additional two trips compared to last year.
According to the report, consumers are turning to shopping little and often to help manage household budgets and are also returning to store more often, with visits up 10.2 per cent.Irish shoppers enjoyed more celebrations in April, with Easter Sunday and a bank holiday weekend with sales of wine, vegetables, lamb and chilled desserts soared by an additional €3.4m, €5.1m, €1.5m and €1.3m respectively.
Sales of own label Easter eggs rose by 28 per cent with branded eggs seeing slower growth at 14 per cent year-on-year. However, 93 per cent of all Easter eggs sold were still branded products with 37.7 per cent bought on promotion.Listen |market saw much stronger own label growth – up 15.6 per cent compared to brands up 8 per cent as shoppers look for ways to save money.
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