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Irish retail grocery trends this year
Colm McCarthy
If food prices can be manipulated upwards by retailers to boost profits, they must possess market power.
19 May 2023 News
Farm to fork - UK style
Leaders of farming, processing, retail and politics meet in Downing Street to tackle food price inflation, empty shelves and picking fruit in the fields
17 May 2023 News
‘Not fair’ that farmers are at the mercy of supermarkets – Lakeland boss
Supermarkets are going to use certain products to get people in the door, CEO of Lakeland Dairies, Colin Kelly, has said.
Supermarkets slash retail milk and butter prices
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue says that "under no circumstances" should supermarket milk and butter price cuts impact the prices received by farmers.
3 May 2023 News
Liquid milk suppliers fearful of supermarket milk war
Four supermarkets cut the price of own-branded milk on shelves last week, prompting farmer fears for further drops which could be passed on to them.
3 May 2023 News
We don’t buy milk off farmers – Tesco
Most supermarkets have refused to comment on dairy farmer concerns regarding their milk and butter price cuts.
3 May 2023 News
IFA finds 39% of pigmeat sold in food service is non-Irish
The food service sector has come under fire from the IFA after a DNA survey of pigmeat products sold revealed almost 40% of the sector's pork is non-Irish.
3 May 2023 Pigs
Supermarkets slash butter prices by 12%
Retailers have announced butter price cuts after announcing milk price cuts over the weekend.
3 May 2023 News
Slight drop in food price inflation
Kantar’s Irish food price inflation fell slightly last month, down to 16.6% from the record high of 16.8% the previous month, the first fall in two years.
2 May 2023 News
Supermarkets Lidl and Aldi cut milk price to consumers
The move will have implications for fresh milk suppliers who have seen their input costs remain high and farmgate milk price fall in recent months.
28 April 2023 News
Retailers are realising they’ve squeezed farmers ‘too far’– Bord Bia
Bord Bia agricultural sustainability senior manager, Michael Houlihan, said that retailers are realising they need to support farmers.
21 April 2023 News
Retailers collaborate on food emissions but farmers have key role also
As UK retailers collaborate to drive down food related emissions, farmers will be tasked with deliver. Policy analyst Anne Finnegan asks can farmers be the solution?
5 April 2023 News