Costing a packet: How the inflation crisis is putting the squeeze on suppliers and consumers
From transport to sunflower oil, costs are soaring across the food industry but with supermarkets unwilling to be the first to raise prices, suppliers are under impossible strain
Last year, Irish people munched their way through €265 million-worth of crisps and salty snacks, making us second only to the British when it comes to eating crisps on a per capita basis.
The average Irish person consumes almost 12kg of crisps each year. And that’s mentioned here because our indulgence is about to cost us a whole lot more this year.
Inflation is taking hold right across the food industry, but crisp manufacturers are ...
