date:Jun 13, 2014
end of May, show its market share falling from 28 per cent at the end of March last year to its current level of 26.3 per cent, a year on year decline of 4.7per cent.
Supervalu, which subsumed the Superquinn brand two months ago, also saw its combined market share fall from by 0.1 per cent to 24.8 per cent.
A gradual increase in the cost of food and drink has helped push price inflation to 2.6 per cent, a record for 2014. This has increased the amount shoppers are spending at the tills and has