A food writer for the Irish Examiner, who has been tracking the price of a sample basket of groceries over the past six months, says she has observed a ‘marked increase’ in costs across the five biggest supermarkets in Ireland.
Catriona Redmond told Newstalk Breakfast that, on average, the sample basket of items increased in price by €2.
The basket included staple items such as half a pound of butter, a litre of full-fat milk, cheddar cheese, pasta, a slice pan, mince, chicken, a bag of spuds, half a dozen eggs and a bag of carrots.
