by Aisling Rafferty | Jun 4, 2019 | News
Irish grocery sales hit record levels during Easter week as shoppers splashed out €208.2 million during Easter week. The overall sector grow by 4.1% in the 12 weeks to 21 April 2019, which saw all the major retailers return to growth, with Dunnes taking the crown of...
by Aisling Rafferty | May 14, 2019 | News
Members of Excel Recruitment’s hospitality team were delighted to attend last night’s 2019 Irish Restaurant Awards in Dublin’s Clayton Hotel. The big winners on the night were of an incredibly high calibre and shining examples of the exceptional standards in the...
by Aisling Rafferty | Feb 5, 2019 | News
A surge in the cost of construction means an estimated minimum of €1.2bn in new investment is needed to avoid a major nursing home bed shortage. According to experts, the ‘cost per bed’ of building nursing homes has risen 20%. The price has now risen to more than...
by Aisling Rafferty | Jan 3, 2019 | News
Danish homeware retailer and Ikea rival JYSK is set to make its Irish debut soon and has scouted 20 locations across the Republic as potential future locations for its planned Irish rollout. The Nordic retailer announced today it will set up a head office in Dublin...
by Aisling Rafferty | Dec 19, 2018 | News
Irish shoppers are set to spend over €1 billion on groceries throughout December for the first time as competition gets even fiercer between grocery retailers over the Christmas period. According to research from Kantar World Panel, Irish households spent €968.2...
by Aisling Rafferty | Nov 20, 2018 | News
With Brexit continuing to dominate the news and the impact of a hard border still unclear, the latest grocery market share figures from Kantar Worldpanel show the value of cross-border shopping is at its highest level for five years. €64.5 million was spent shoppers...
