The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue. \Clive Wasson
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Kantar/Bord Bia data for the 12 months ending 5 September shows strong retail sales continuing as COVID-19 restrictions continue to be relaxed.
The volume of beef sales have increased by 3% through retail outlets over the past year, with the value increasing by 5.1%, reflecting the increase in cattle prices filtering through.
For lamb, there was a drop in volume consumers purchased by just under 8%, but the spend increased by almost 8%.
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This shows high lamb prices mean shoppers bought less, while at the same time spending more.
It has been a good year for pigmeat retail sales, with the volume bought by Irish shoppers up 9.6%, spending 11.2% more in the process.
Overall, the grocery market is performing strongly, and while sales are back 2.3% for the 12 weeks ending 5 September, it is still running 11% ahead of the same period in 2019.
The other notable feature of the past quarter is a drop in online grocery sales of 12.3%.
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Kantar/Bord Bia data for the 12 months ending 5 September shows strong retail sales continuing as COVID-19 restrictions continue to be relaxed.
The volume of beef sales have increased by 3% through retail outlets over the past year, with the value increasing by 5.1%, reflecting the increase in cattle prices filtering through.
For lamb, there was a drop in volume consumers purchased by just under 8%, but the spend increased by almost 8%.
This shows high lamb prices mean shoppers bought less, while at the same time spending more.
It has been a good year for pigmeat retail sales, with the volume bought by Irish shoppers up 9.6%, spending 11.2% more in the process.
Overall, the grocery market is performing strongly, and while sales are back 2.3% for the 12 weeks ending 5 September, it is still running 11% ahead of the same period in 2019.
The other notable feature of the past quarter is a drop in online grocery sales of 12.3%.
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