The hidden costs of drinking bottled water

Bottled water sales are growing at a much faster rate than soft drinks. This might be better for your health, but it is terrible for the environment – and your pocket

Irish consumers moving to own-brand offerings is no surprise

Aldi and Lidl prove incredibly astute at tapping into what Irish consumers want

Supervalu stays top while Lidl records 11.7% sales growth

New figures show shopper spend rose 3.8 % over the 12 weeks to the end of January

Cantillon: Tesco turns its Christmas figures around

Long-suffering retailer will be forgiven for sighs of relief after sales ‘turned positive’

British retailers report unexpected growth over Christmas period

Debenhams and Morrisons defy the odds, while German discounters push on

Dunnes does well as food inflation climbs

Lidl increases market share as Tesco hangs onto top spot

Tesco retains grocery market lead

Signs that Tesco’s decline in sales are levelling off following a difficult two years

SuperValu spends €3m on ‘karma’ campaign

The chain is investing in advertising as it looks to consolidate a new market lead

Poundland sales eclipse £1 billion for the first time

UK firm, which has 41 outlets in Ireland, reports 11.4% rise in annual sales

Every little helps as sales at Tesco show slight improvement but problems remain

Impact of the supermarket’s new boss already being felt on bottom line

Tesco and Supervalu vie for top position in supermarket war

Just half of one per cent separates the two stores, figures show

Lidl woos middle-class shoppers with upmarket French wines

Discount retailer to offer customers range of Bordeaux classics like Pomerol and St Emillion

Ocado’s long-awaited profit fails to convince bears

Grocery price war take shine off earnings

‘Boris Bikes’ sponsorship runs out of road

London Briefing: Barclays link with bike scheme was dogged by accusations of stitch-up

SuperValu breathes down Tesco’s neck after Superquinn rebrand

Aldi and Lidl increase market share while overall grocery sales down

Aldi continuing to dramatically outperform rivals in Irish grocery sector

German discounter’s overall share of market rose by 1.3% to 7.2%

Grocery price war sees vegetable sales up as more spent on alcohol

Increasing dominance of Aldi highlighted

Christmas season fails to deliver for Tesco and M&S

Gains reported by Lidl and Waitrose in UK

It’s bah, humbug at Debenhams while Christmas tills ring at discount retailers

A week is a long time in retail, so it’s too early to say who the losers will be

Tesco sees Irish sales fall by 8.1% in third quarter

Supermarket chain has been losing market share in Ireland to Dunnes Stores, Aldi and Lidl

Tesco loses market share to Aldi, Dunnes Stores and Lidl

Rise in duty on alcohol sees 5.4% drop in shoppers putting wine in their baskets

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