A consumer expert has said there is no excuse as to why retailers are continuing to charge increased prices - but said it will take one leading supermarket to drop costs before they all follow suit.
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has been called on by the Labour Party to investigate claims of ‘price gouging’ at Irish supermarket chains as production costs continue to fall.
Irish Times Consumer Affairs Correspondent Conor Pope told Newstalk Breakfast that although there is no “definitive proof” that supermarkets are price gouging, there are many questions being raised about large chains.
