Dunnes 4.6% sales growth ‘strongest for four years’

Dunnes Stores continues to increase its share of the Irish grocery market as the largest player in the market, Tesco, saw its sales dip, according to the latest supermarket share data from Kantar Worldpanel.

Grocery inflation stands at 5.2% for the 12-week period ending Jan 20, compared to 5% in the previous period. It is the highest figure since 5.6% in May 2011, and is well ahead of the Consumer Price Index, which was up 1.2% in December.

The Kantar figures show Dunnes’s improving fortunes in recent months accelerating into the new year on the back of sales growth of 4.6%.