Dunnes avails of Ophelia sales boost

Dunnes Stores has overtaken SuperValu and Tesco Ireland to become Ireland’s best-performing supermarket chain, boosted by a spike in consumer grocery spending around the time of Storm Ophelia in mid-October.

Dunnes Stores has overtaken SuperValu and Tesco Ireland to become Ireland’s best-performing supermarket chain, boosted by a spike in consumer grocery spending around the time of Storm Ophelia in mid-October, writes Geoff Percival.

Latest data from consumer insights agency Kantar Worldpanel covering the 12 weeks to November 5 show Dunnes with a 22.4% share of the market.