Big five supermarkets up their share of market to 90% of €13.2bn sales during Covid        

Supermarkets have made over €13.17bn at the tills and online in the past year

The growth of supermarket sales has slowed from a year ago when households were still stocking up on essentials during the first of the Covid lockdowns.

The big five supermarkets — SuperValu, Tesco, Dunnes, Lidl, and Aldi — have increased their combined dominance of the Republic's grocery market during the Covid pandemic and now account for 90% of €13.2bn in annual sales, new research shows.

The figures from researcher Kantar show that all supermarkets took in a further €3bn in grocery sales in the latest 12 weeks and that they made over €13.17bn at the tills and online in the past year.