Grocery spend up as other shops trail

Eamon Quinn Grocery spending in the Republic was up by almost 3% in the year, as the busy Christmas supermarket spending season gets underway.

Grocery spending in the Republic was up by almost 3% in the year, as the busy Christmas supermarket spending season gets underway.

The figures, which cover the latest 12 weeks through December 2, are from Kantar Worldpanel which monitors 30,000 products bought by shoppers in all types of grocers.