Soaring costs: ‘It’s frustrating to think that we’re just hoping for better times’

Sisters Rachel and Hannah Dare run Organico Wholefoods store in Bantry, West Cork. Picture: Dan Linehan

Sisters Hannah and Rachel Dare should be celebrating the 30th birthday of Organico, their much-loved health store and bakery in Bantry next month, but spiraling costs are almost challenging its very survival.

Business has never been so tough in 30 years, with energy prices 100% higher than last year and rising costs in everything from food to wages to fuel to insurance.