Those three items that cost €13.24 this week cost less than half that price – just €5.84 – 15 years ago. “What I find most infuriating with grocery shopping now is the variance in price from week to week of staples. Higher energy costs, wages, climate change and geopolitical uncertainty along with the continuing war in Ukraine are all going to keep pushing prices higher. There are inefficiencies in the market that are leading to higher prices,” he says. There might be small reversal of the hikes but anyone expecting cheap energy prices in the next year or so or for prices to return to normal is going to be disappointed,” he says.

Source: The Irish Times December 06, 2025 15:00 UTC