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Supermarkets

# supermarkets - Friday 5 April, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Read Me

Interview: For children to eat healthily we must teach them about food

From an early age it’s important for children to learn the basics about the food they eat; helping them to ‘grow their own’ can do this, says chef Donal Skehan.

# supermarkets - Monday 4 March, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Horsemeat

Horsemeat scandal: Frozen burger sales down 42 per cent

Data from Kantar Worldpanel Ireland has shown the impact of the horsemeat scandal on sales of frozen burgers.

# supermarkets - Saturday 19 January, 2013

From The Daily Edge Horsemeat This post contains videos

# supermarkets - Wednesday 16 January, 2013

From The Daily Edge Stable Diet This post contains images
From TheJournal.ie Horsemeat

Horse meat inquiry: contamination was likely ‘accidental’

The FSAI has said there is no evidence of widespread ill practice, where horsemeat is being substituted for beef.

# supermarkets - Tuesday 15 January, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Horse Meat

Updated: Horse and pig DNA found in supermarket beef burgers

There were also traces of pig DNA in some of the samples taken by the FSAI.

# supermarkets - Tuesday 11 December, 2012

Irish people change to ‘little and often’ shopping trips

Supermarket share analysts say the notion of the ‘big shop’ not as popular as before – while supermarket market grows slightly here for second month in row.

# supermarkets - Tuesday 16 October, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Your Say This post contains a poll

Poll: Do you try to shop in Irish-owned supermarkets?

Study shows that chains like Tesco, Aldi and Lidl are experiencing more growth than homegrown Irish chains – do you make a conscious choice to shop in Irish supermarkets?

From TheJournal.ie Supermarkets

Tesco extends lead as Ireland’s most popular supermarket

The latest Kantar Worldpanel show Tesco has gained market share in the last year, while Dunnes has slipped back.

# supermarkets - Friday 28 September, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Read Me

Column: Bobby Kerr – We need to promote our Irishness

The Dragon’s Den star explains how his own firms reached the brink of failure, and what that taught him about supporting Irish business.

# supermarkets - Tuesday 21 August, 2012

Consumers turning to discount shops and own brands for groceries

Latest Kantar figures show strong growth for Tesco in last quarter, while Aldi and Lidl are increasing their market share.

# supermarkets - Monday 6 August, 2012

From TheJournal.ie End Of The Counter This post contains videos

Video: The glamour of self-service shops in 1960s Ireland

Filmmaker whose grandfather brought the Mace shops to Ireland is looking for anecdotes of the end of over-the-counter shops… and the switch to the shopping basket.

# supermarkets - Tuesday 12 June, 2012

Advertising spend by major supermarkets down 12 per cent

Major supermarkets spend 12. 1 per cent less on advertising in the first quarter of this year when compared with the same period in 2012.

# supermarkets - Wednesday 2 May, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Supermarkets

New guidelines for retail planning could pave way for hypermarkets

The guidelines will allow for larger superstores and supermarkets to be built in Ireland.

# supermarkets - Tuesday 6 March, 2012

Discount German supermarkets increase share of grocery market

New figures show Lidl and Aldi continuing to eat into the grocery market, though Tesco and Dunnes remain by far the largest.

# supermarkets - Monday 9 January, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Cheap Alcohol

Minimum prices for alcohol may be introduced soon – Minister

Alcohol costs the State 3.7 billion every year in illness, absenteeism and crime, according to Minister of State at the Department of Health Roisin Shortall who is looking at ways to deal with alcohol misuse.

# supermarkets - Thursday 5 January, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Shopping

Four out of five people now shopping around for groceries

Ireland’s shopping habits are changing significantly in the recession, a new survey suggests.

# supermarkets - Saturday 31 December, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Review 2011 This post contains images

In pictures: TheJournal.ie’s winners and losers of 2011

Who came out on top, and who was bringing up the rear? Here are our picks for the winners and losers of the year.

# supermarkets - Monday 7 November, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Alcohol

Views sought on voluntary code for sale and display of alcohol

Members of the public and interested bodies are being asked to give their views on the voluntary code for sale and display of alcohol in shops.

# supermarkets - Tuesday 18 October, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Consumers

Consumer law to undergo “radical overhaul”

Minister Richard Bruton said that much of the law in the consumer area is totally inappropriate for the era of the smartphone and the large supermarket.

# supermarkets - Monday 26 September, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Poll This post contains a poll

Poll: Should self-service checkouts be scrapped?

Some supermarkets in the US have announced plans to phase out self-service checkouts in the name of customer service – do you think stores in Ireland should follow suit?

From TheJournal.ie Beep Beep

US supermarkets move to scrap self-service checkouts

The self-service options are become more time consuming than regular tills, so supermarkets are slowly phasing them out again.

# supermarkets - Wednesday 3 August, 2011

From The Daily Edge Psychology

13 ways that supermarkets trick you into spending money

Ever wonder why supermarkets keep flowers at the entrance? Or why things are stocked on certain shelves?

# supermarkets - Thursday 28 July, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Alcohol

Cheap supermarket alcohol ‘should be doubled in price’

Selling cans of lager for as little as 50c encourages anti-social behaviour, Dublin’s Lord Mayor has said.

# supermarkets - Tuesday 26 July, 2011

Retail This post contains images

Slideshow: As retail sales fall, what are we buying?

June was the 40th consecutive month which saw a drop in retail sales.

# supermarkets - Wednesday 13 July, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Groceries

We’re paying more for food… again

Grocery prices in three major supermarket chains have increased by more than five per cent since last year, new figures show.

# supermarkets - Tuesday 29 March, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Supermarkets

Is Tesco allowed to hike its prices and then just drop them again?

The answer: well, legally, yes – as long as the ‘higher’ prices have been imposed for long enough.

# supermarkets - Monday 28 March, 2011

SuperValu to create 400 new jobs as two new stores to open

The company also announced that it will be refurbishing 34 existing stories as it adds to its 15,000 strong workforce.

# supermarkets - Thursday 2 December, 2010

From TheJournal.ie Big Freeze

Tesco get 12 snowploughs for stores as home deliveries face delays

Superquinn and Tesco both record hikes in demand for home deliveries – but some householders left disappointed as slots are booking up fast.