Dunnes Continues To Hold Highest Market Share Amongst All Grocery Retailers
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Dunnes continues to hold the highest market share amongst all retailers at 23.7% with growth of 9.6% year-on-year, in the 12 weeks to 25 December, research shows. The latest grocery market share figures from Kantar in Ireland showed that Dunnes had the strongest growth in retailer premium own label offerings, up 22% year-on-year. Tesco holds 23% of the market with growth of 8.9% year-on-year. Tesco also has the strongest frequency growth amongst all retailers of 10.6% year-on-year. SuperValu has 21% of the market and growth of 1.2%, registering the highest number of trips to stores at 21.
The British arm of German discounter Lidl said that it expected more shoppers to switch to its stores from traditional supermarket groups in 2023 after its sales rose 24.5% in the four weeks to 25 December compared to the previous year. The rise reflected new store openings and consumers' search for savings in an escalating cost-of-living crisis, with inflation in the UK running at 10.7%. Lidl GB, part of Germany's Schwarz retail group, said on Monday over 1.3 million more customers shopped at its stores in the seven days to Christmas Eve.
British supermarket group Sainsbury's recently said that it would raise pay for its 127,000 hourly paid workers to at least £11 an hour from February as it looks to attract and retain staff in a tight labour market. Britain's second largest grocer after Tesco, and one of the country's biggest private sector employers, said the pay of Sainsbury’s and Argos retail workers would increase from £10.25 to £11.00 per hour outside of London, and from £11.30 to £11.95 per hour in the capital. Sainsbury's said the latest rise takes the increase for frontline, hourly paid staff to 10% in the last year and 38% over six years.
Love Irish Food, in partnership with Global, has recently announced the launch of its 2023 Love Irish Food Brand Development Award. The award, worth an incredible €150,000, will once again be supported by trade media partner Checkout. The Brand Development Award provides Love Irish Food member brands with the chance to win a fully funded national outdoor advertising campaign from Global, through its national retail network. The award includes both a creative bursary and digital content supported by Owens DDB and Marketing Network, respectively. The winner will also receive trade marketing support from Checkout.
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