Retail

Irish shoppers spent record €1.4bn on groceries in December

Grocery inflation sits at 7.1 per cent in Q4, down by more than 50 per cent from the 15.5 per cent rate in January 2023

Irish shoppers made nearly 42 million shopping trips over the four weeks to 24 December – 3.4 million more than last year. Picture: Getty

A record-breaking €1.4 billion passed through Ireland’s grocery tills in December, according to the latest figures from Kantar.

The average household spent an all-time high of €767 on groceries across the month, an increase of nearly €42 on 2022, and an even larger increase of €170 compared to the spend in 2019.

The increase was impacted by grocery inflation.

Irish shoppers made nearly 42 million trips over the four weeks to 24 December – 3.4 ...