{"id":49342,"date":"2025-08-07T10:05:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T09:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccpc.inventise.ie\/business\/?p=49342"},"modified":"2025-08-07T10:05:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T09:05:21","slug":"ccpc-publishes-update-to-high-level-grocery-sector-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ccpc.inventise.ie\/business\/ccpc-publishes-update-to-high-level-grocery-sector-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"CCPC publishes update to high-level grocery sector analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has published an update to its 2023 high-level analysis of the grocery sector in Ireland.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The latest analysis confirms that, while food prices have increased significantly in recent years in Ireland, there is no evidence that competition is not working in the Irish grocery retail sector.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The report shows t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">he increased competition in the market over the last 20 years has brought sizeable benefits for consumers. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Food price increases have generally remained below the European average, which coincides with increasing competition in Ireland. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The data available on profit margins do not indicate that margins are notably high when compared to international comparators.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The updated analysis also highlights that, w<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">hile grocery prices have increased significantly since 2021, they have done so at a slower pace than some of the key input costs such as agricultural prices. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This suggests that competition in the grocery market has helped limit the impact of increased agricultural prices on Irish consumers.\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The role of the CCPC is to ensure that markets in Ireland remain fair and competitive and that retailers are following consumer protection law.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">While the CCPC has not seen evidence to justify an in-depth study of the grocery retail sector, it remains a key market for the CCPC, which we will continue to monitor. \u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has published an update to its 2023 high-level analysis of the grocery sector in Ireland.\u00a0 The latest &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":178,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - 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