Supermarket Price Increases [Groceries]

Silly commebnt or logic. I never implied they were a charity so I don't know where that comes from.

If you understand economics or pricing you would know than mnimum wage levels is not the reason why a product is 50% more expensive in Ireland , or VAT or Rent or whatever.

They are all marginal costs which are dissipated in fractions over many products. The ultimate driver of the price is the cost price of it, and then the other costs are added.

The bottom line here is that Lidl are not selling anything at a loss, because as you rightly point out, they are not a charity and have to make a profit. To achieve that, every cost is accounted for.

So with that agreed, 75c for the hazelnut bar gives an indication of what the cost price of the bar is, and how much gross profit they are making (with min wage and other costs etc., added) on the milk chocolate bar at €1.49.

Apply that gross profit to all products sold by Lidl and other retailers that have increased in price significantly for no obvious reason and you will understand how retailers are all making big profits in Ireland. Which Tesco nickname ' Treasure Island'...

Lee stand milk in Kerry had a 2L milk with 25% extra free for the last few years, so you would get 2.5l for the price of 2L. That's gone now, really disappointed, I found it a good size. The 3 L is a bit too big and the 2L is a bit small.

Inflation in grocery prices has shot back up to 4.52pc, a hike that is impacting consumers who made fewer shopping trips and spent less compared with the same time last year.

https://m.independent.ie/business/rising-grocery-prices-starting-to-dent-shoppers-spending/a1502960818.html

Do other people find these figures hard to believe? They always say that food inflation is 3-4%. Feels like it's way more than that.

The orange juice/oj drink saga continues.

Lidl no longer sell the 79c 100% orange juice from concentrate. Only the cheap OJ drink which is in IDENTICAL packaging just with the word Drink added. For a while they'd both products mixed in together, see pic, definitely misleading.

Dunnes have gotten rid of the €1.15 (or whatever it had risen to) proper orange juice and now sell €1.39 Orange juice drink. Same packaging as the OJ was - totally different product.

Both retailers are absolutely trying to fool customers.

TTesco are selling orange juice at €1.49.

The only place that seems to have 1L OJ from concentrate is Aldi, 89c.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/business/companies/arid-41608519.html

Grocery prices increase 4.5% over the first 12 weeks of the year.

final paragraph is interesting, Aldi and Lidl only have a combined 24.1% share of the market.

I get what you’re saying- but shop where?
Lidls probably the cheapest but it’s still expensive.
The shopping bill easily hits €220 for a family of 5 and that’s being frugal enough.

The worst of the inflation is over. It might be rammed down our throats but its also true.

The 12 month inflation rate from February 2024 → February 2025 is 1.81%. That's a basket of goods that includes your hairdresser, taxis, insurance, fuel, groceries etc. On average, things are going up in price but much slower than the massive inflation we saw a while back.

The CPI figure does not mean groceries are going up slowly. They are clearly rising much faster and are expected to continue to rise at a higher rate.

Inflation can be within the normal boundaries and groceries can be increasing in price at a much higher rate. Both can be true.

As pointed out above, I'm unsure where you can vote with your feet. You have to eat. I already shop in Aldi and avoid a lot of brand name products. Prices will go up, not much I can do about that.

Those are excellent quality to be fair, I wouldn't buy the kids the other crap.