Grocery prices could rise, says think-tank
Enterprise, Trade and Employment Minister and Tánaiste Mary Coughlan announced a consultation process in August on the proposed code, largely in response to reported price differentials between shops here and in the North.
In a working paper based on its submission to the consultation process, the Economic and Social Research Institute suggests that a fresh consultation paper be prepared to conform with the government’s agenda for better regulation, and it questions the need for such a code in the first place.
