Online grocery sales continue to surge in Ireland

Online grocery sales experienced a record-breaking growth of 121.7% in the past four weeks.

Local lockdowns contributed to Irish shoppers spending €19 million more on groceries in August than in July, new figures from Kantar show.

The latest grocery market share figures show take-home Irish grocery sales growth slowed to 13.7% over the past three months, but local lockdowns led to consumers stocking up in August.