Grocery price inflation hits highest level since December 2023

Inflation reached 6.5% in the 12 weeks to October 5, well ahead of the headline inflation rate of 2.7%

In October, take-home grocery sales rose by 6.1% with shoppers spending an additional €67.6m on groceries.

Irish grocery price inflation has reached its highest levels since December 2023, reaching 6.5% in the 12 weeks to October 5, as the busy periods of Halloween and Christmas approach, new data from Worldpanel by Numerator shows.

This is up from the 6.3% recorded in September and 3.4% recorded in January of this year. It is also well ahead of the headline inflation rate of 2.7%.