Shoppers in Ireland spent €1.1bn on groceries during December as they stocked up for another pandemic Christmas according to the December sales figures from Kantar. The figure was just 0.6pc lower than the record busting amount spent in December 2020, and 15pc higher than in December 2019.In the 12 weeks to December 26, grocery sales in Ireland hit €3.1bn. That was 5.2pc lower than in the corresponding period in 2020, but still 10.9pc higher than in the comparative period in 2019.
As usual December 23 was the busiest shopping day of the year, with consumers spending a total of €81.6m that day on the final shop before Christmas. The latest Kantar data shows that an extra €1.9m was spent on fresh turkeys but sales of Brussels sprouts dipped 1.4%. Sales of other festive goodies including biscuits, cheese and confectionary jumped by €10.5m last month compared with December 2020.
11 Jan2022