Ireland

Staple foods is expected to see continued, but more modest, current value growth in Ireland in 2024. In 2023, overall, staple foods recorded marginal gains despite strong inflationary pressures. The heightened cost of key raw materials such as wheat,…

Rice, pasta and noodles is expected to see modest current value growth in Ireland in 2024. In 2023, rice, pasta and noodles experienced dramatic cost increases due to the limited supply of durum wheat and rice. Adverse weather conditions in the US,…

Processed meat, seafood and alternatives to meat is expected to see modest current value growth in Ireland in 2024. In 2023, processed meat, seafood and alternatives to meat recorded another year of strong price increases, which led overall retail…

Processed fruit and vegetables is set to see current value growth in Ireland in 2024. In the previous year, the processed fruit and vegetables category recorded another year of high single-digit price increases. However, retail volume sales continued…

Breakfast cereals is set to see modest current value growth in Ireland in 2024. The previous year saw the breakfast cereals category record further strong price increases driven primarily by the limited global supply of wheat. However, volume sales…

Baked goods is set to see stagnation in current value terms in Ireland in 2024. In the previous year, baked goods experienced another year of high single-digit price increases as inflationary pressures across the supply chain persisted. The main…

In 2024, sweet spreads in Ireland maintained its positive growth trajectory. Although there was a deceleration in the rate of price increases, which consequently led to a slowdown in current value growth, overall volume sales of sweet spreads enjoyed…

Sauces, dips and condiments maintained positive growth momentum in 2024, growing both in volume and current value terms. The convenience trend mainly drove the demand in this category as local consumers returned to their busy lifestyles,…

Meals and soups was the best-performing category in cooking ingredients and meals in Ireland in 2024, with all the sub-categories growing in both volume and current value terms.

Edible oils in Ireland grew by low double digits in current value terms in 2024, mainly driven by significant price increases. Olive oil and sunflower oil continued losing volume sales due to supply shortages and skyrocketing prices, while substitute…

The only category that saw volume decline was edible oils. This was due to unfavourable weather conditions and the ongoing war in Ukraine hampering the production of olive and sunflower oil, which account for the majority of sales in this category.…

Travel activity to, from and within Ireland continues to recover in 2024, although patterns within travel are shifting. The strong inflation of recent years is subsiding, meaning that growth is being driven more by volume, rather than inflation.…

Ireland’s residents continue to increase their overall frequency of travel in 2024. Although domestic travel remains popular, the key trend in 2024 is a shift in favour of outbound departures. Immediately following the lifting of pandemic…

Value sales of lodging in Ireland continue to increase, although growth is increasingly driven by rising prices rather than greater occupancy. Hotel occupancy in Ireland in the first half of 2024 was marginally up on 2023, which is also the forecast…

Travel activity in Ireland continues to rise in 2024. Irish consumers have become increasingly confident in taking trips to long-distance destinations, driving up overall spending on booking. This is opposed to the trend in previous years, when…

Given the geographical position of Ireland, air transport is the predominant travel mode in terms of outbound travel in the country, and accounts for the vast majority of outbound trips. As the number of outbound departures from Ireland continues to…

Wound care in Ireland is set to see moderate but slower retail volume and current value growth in 2024, with increases across all categories, driven by consistent consumer demand for basic first aid supplies to keep at home. Despite the economic…

Weight management and wellbeing in Ireland is set to see another consecutive year of retail current value decline in 2024. An increasing number of consumers are sceptical about the efficacy of using such products, with some concerns about unhealthy…

2020, and to a lesser extent 2022, were years when consumers purchased vitamins to bolster their health due to pandemic fears. However, with the end of the pandemic, peaks of growth are now in the past. Therefore, although vitamins is expected to…

Sports nutrition is set to maintain double-digit retail current value growth in Ireland in 2024, as the trend of an increasing number of mainstream consumers purchasing such products is continuing. More people are attending a gym and/or participating…