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Lidl
Two rich, warming Spanish wines at a great price
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Lidl says Metrolink must not be built at expense of its future use of Dublin lands
Lidl owns sites at the proposed Northwood metro station, just south of the M50 in north Dublin
Grocery inflation steady at less than 3% new data show
Dunnes clinches top spot in supermarket league table, with Teso close behind
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Lidl ordered to pay €2,000 to former Paralympic athlete in disability discrimination case
Worker told Nadine Lattimore, who is blind, she was concerned about her guide dog ‘interfering with or licking the food’
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Grocery inflation steady according to retail data
Figures from Kantar Worldpanel show rate of inflation is steady 2.8% having hit 2.5% earlier in the summer
Two French wines for €10, a dry white from Alsace and an earthy red from the south
Wines for the Weekend: Alsace, in the east of France produces excellent fresh dry white wines that usually have a mouth-watering, nervy acidity
How Lidl accidentally took on the big guns of cloud computing
A unit of Europe’s largest retailer is offering IT services to companies wary of big providers such as Amazon and Google
Planned Lidl in Co Clare faces opposition
Local priest among those opposing the German retailer’s plans
Lidl appoints Robert Ryan as CEO of Irish business
Robert Ryan will replace JP Scally, who moves to head its French unit
Irish grocery price inflation lifts for first time in 15 months
Kantar data suggest price inflation was driving value sales growth rather than increased purchasing
FSAI issues alert for withdrawal of popular makes of burger buns over metal objects
Supermac’s, Burger King, Brennan’s, Dunnes Stores and Lidl products all included in the alert
Two Caesar salads in the same shop have wildly different prices. Is this why your shopping bill is so high?
A hard-to-explain difference in the prices of similar salad products across Irish supermarkets highlights why you should pay close attention to unit pricing
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Lidl using social network app to promote games to new fans
Grocery prices rising at slowest rate since March 2022
Cool June puts a dampener on sales of BBQ food and salads
Woman withdraws personal injury claim against Lidl after court sees video of her in gym class
Footage, taken by private investigators for supermarket chain, showed Ewa Ledzinska swinging a kettlebell, lifting weights and doing burpees
Aldi boss Niall O’Connor: ‘We’re foot to the floor. If we could go faster, we would’
Discount supermarket chain remains committed to Irish expansion plans despite cost challenges and shifting market tectonics
Grocery inflation at lowest level since start of cost-of-living crisis
Kantar data shows prices rising at 2.6 per cent in 12 weeks to middle of May
An Post named most reputable organisation over last 15 years as RTÉ suffers greatest decline
Credit unions top the annual RepTrak study for 2024, with only X found to have a worse reputation than RTÉ
Grocery inflation falls again as Easter egg sales surge
Kantar puts grocery inflation at 2.9 per cent in the 12 weeks to the middle of April
Lidl shoppers seeking middle-aisle deals targeted by scammers
Fake online offers designed to trick customers into providing card and personal details
Grocery price inflation falls to lowest level in two years
Irish shoppers spent €25m on Easter eggs as on-brand label products perform well for supermarkets
Lidl wants MetroLink redesigned so it can build apartments. And can you pay the bill please?
There’s an interesting thing about this massive development: it doesn’t exist. It is an outline drawing of a possible notion
Metrolink will not support proposed 15-storey tower block in Ballymun, hearing told
Lidl Ireland said it will be unable to build apartment and supermarket scheme if tunnels not redesigned
M&S joins other UK grocers in raising employees’ hourly pay
FTSE 100 group will increase rate to at least £12 putting it above the national minimum wage
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Waterford-based Enerpower to rollout 500MW of renewable energy in Ireland
Five year plan is in partnership with Portuguese group Greenvolt, which acquired majority stake in Enerpower last year
Grocery inflation falls to 5.9% as promotional sales increase
Level was at 7.1 per cent in December and 16.4 per cent in March of last year
Get Behind the Fight for women’s sports: ‘We are under no illusions that this is only the beginning’
Despite much progress, research shows that 59 per cent of Irish people have never been to a live female sports event, compared to 29 per cent who have never attended a live men’s one
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Consumer watchdog says no Irish research planned as UK regulator finds brands hiked prices to maximise profits
Some suppliers are contributing to food price inflation, says Competition and Markets Authority
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