IFA will expose supermarkets’ ’exorbitant margins’

THE IFA warned supermarkets yesterday that it will expose what it described as the exorbitant margins they are taking at farmers’ expense for food that is often no more than 24 hours on their shelves.

John Dillon, president, told the IFA agm that it will resist below cost selling and demand the inclusion of potatoes and vegetables in the Groceries’ Order.

He said the IFA will highlight the ongoing margins that supermarkets have on products that they sell versus what farmers get for those products.