Cross-border fears ease as grocery sales in the Republic soar

A consumer trends expert has played down fears of the new year ushering in a pronounced renewal of shoppers going to the North for their weekly groceries and other goods.

A new survey — from credit risk analyst Vision-net.ie — has suggested “almost a quarter of Irish shoppers plan to travel across the border to avail of weaker sterling” in the coming weeks.

However, David Berry, director of leading consumer insights agency Kantar Worldpanel, which measures supermarket performance levels, said that figure seems surprising.