Shoppers spent an additional 57m on summer groceries

News Source : RTE
News Summary
- Irish shoppers spent an additional €57.4m, with take-home value sales up 5.2%.
- An extra €46.2m was spent in July on suncare, smoothies, ice cream, pickles, soft drinks, antipasti and fresh fruit.
- Dunnes held a 23.4% market share in the latest 12 week period, with sales growth of 6.9% year-on-year.
- SuperValu had a 20.2% of the market with growth of 4.8%.
Grocery price inflation continues to rise, moving up from 5.3% to 5.43% in the latest 12 week period, new figures show today.New figures from Worldpanel by Numerator shows that Irish shoppers spent [+2242 chars]