The latest Worldpanel by Numerator data shows that Irish grocery sales increased by 5.8% in the four weeks to 9 August compared with the same period in 2025.

Grocery inflation eased, with like-for-like prices up by 3.9%, which is down 2% compared with the same period last year.

Irish consumers also made more trips to the shops during this period. The total number of visits was 4.6% higher year on year at 44m, which is an average of 23 trips per household, with the volume of purchases 4.9% higher and the average spend per person was €635 over the four-week period.

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Drinks and typical summer products such as suncream and ice cream were the big winners, with Worldpanel by Numerator explaining that the “warm weather has clearly put a spring in Irish shoppers' step”.

Supermarkets’ share of grocery spend

Dunnes continues as Ireland’s most popular supermarket, holding a 24.1% share of the market, over the most recent 12-week period, up from 23.5% in the same period last year.

Tesco remains a close second with a 23.8% share of the market, which is also an increase from the 23.3% it had in the same period in 2025.

Supervalu’s share is down slightly to 19.4% compared with 19.7% a year ago, as is Aldi's, which slipped from having 11.8% in 2025 to 10.9% in the same period this year.

Lidl increased its share from 14.2% last year to 14.8% in the most recent four-week period.