Dunnes Stores accepts certain non-grocery items sold in promotions as groceries

High Court has been asked to decide what constitutes groceries for the purpose of whether a permanent injunction should be granted to prevent a Mr Price outlet selling certain items

Dunnes Stores' property director has accepted before the High Court that a number of items which he considered not to be groceries were sold by the store as groceries when included in its ongoing cash discount offer. Picture: Denis Scannell

Dunnes Stores' property director has accepted before the High Court that a number of items which he considered not to be groceries were sold by the store as groceries when included in its ongoing cash discount offer.

Mark Clifford said he did not consider items like a USB adapter cable and a ream of paper bought from the store were groceries but agreed a shopper had got a €10 discount on the basis that they were included in items bought in a Dunnes outlet on Wednesday.