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Rising energy and wage bills, labour shortages and poor weather have put the squeeze on Irish vegetable growers

Ornua makes and then sells Kerrygold to retailers, but says prices are decided by shops

Bundestag lobbied by owners of supermarket chain after dozens of chat groups were hacked, exposing some messages by chancellor Friedrich Merz

WRC finds retailer failed to adjust worker’s role when he returned to work

Mother’s Day period saw additional €2.3m in boxed chocolate sold compared with last year, Worldpanel by Numerator said

Wines for the Weekend: Both the Albariño and the Malbec are usually priced at €11.99

Farmers’ group queries price reductions, saying retailers should be more transparent about use of loss-leading products

Lidl’s new flagship Maynooth site, Ireland’s first net zero supermarket, supported by refinancing from AIB, gets all operational energy from onsite renewable sources

Data indicates price rising before recent surge in fuel costs

A decade on from the Nike Vaporfly, no single piece of equipment has had a more profound impact on any sport

Almost a third of shoppers say they are struggling to make ends meet, survey finds

Musgrave – which also owns the Donnybrook Fair and Daybreak franchises – saw turnover in 2024 reach €5.2bn

Wines for the Weekend: These wines – a pinot gris and a Haut-Médoc –both offer great value for money

Accused remanded in custody after gardaí allege they intended to leave country

Some staples have plunged in price across retailers, but Irish shoppers still face high inflation

Bank of Ireland fraud prevention team received more than 10,000 calls over the Christmas period last year

We do some things during the festive season because we always have – not because we enjoy them

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Greenman Fund has activated ‘redemption gate’ after spike in redemption requests during third quarter

Twins, now aged 16, are medal-winning para-athletes who have represented Ireland

Associated Craft Butchers of Ireland says there will be demand for as many as 700,000 turkeys over the festive period

Wines for the Weekend: This white is a favourite of Irish wine-drinkers while the red is a good-value Burgundy

Worldpanel notes absence of budget reliefs will increase pressure before Christmas

Incident happened at store in Lusk, Co Dublin

Reduction expected to spark similar cuts among supermarket rivals

Wines for the Weekend: The João Pires is from a wine region just south of Lisbon, while the Dão comes from the north

The discounter is working hard to keep price rises to a minimum amid strong inflation in grocery sector, says CEO

Shoppers spent an additional €68.8mn in supermarkets over 12 weeks, according to new figures

Employee told WRC she believed there was ‘bias’ at play in disciplinary investigation

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Most households are worse off by well in excess of €3,000 a year as a result of higher priced groceries

Watchdog says supermarkets have shielded consumers from moves by producers to increase margins

FSAI serves 10 enforcement orders in July in response to ‘serious, preventable breaches of food safety law’

Some sunscreens test better than others, but dermatologists are more concerned about expiry dates and exposure awareness

Lidl operates 12,000 stores in 31 countries and its parent Schwarz Group has 595,000 employees

They should have been clearer over online messages being advertisements, says watchdog

Wines for the Weekend: Albariño and Rioja are both flexible grapes that match with a variety of foods

Retailers may be absorbing higher production costs rather than passing them fully onto consumers, CCPC report suggests

From Ryanair and Decathlon to Stena and Dublin Bus, here are some happy-ending tales of sound customer service

It was an impressive year for Irish producers with 42 taking the top three-star award