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Northern Ireland
Supermarkets are not profiteering, MLAs told
Peter McCann
Analysis by the Competitions and Markets Authority has found supermarkets have not used food price inflation to grow their profits.
6 April 2024 News
No competition in marketing of organic and conventional food - Bord Bia
Bord Bia’s organic sector manager Emmet Doyle said organic and conventional Irish food target two separate consumer needs.
5 April 2024 News
IFA calls on retailers to support growers
The Irish Farmers' Association is calling on retailers to put a 2024 weather supplementary payment on fruit and vegetables to support horticulturalists.
Retailers should accommodate farmers due to poor weather - Kelleher
MEP Billy Kelleher has asked retailers and co-ops to be generous with prices and supportive of farmers as many struggle due to a difficult spring.
3 April 2024 News
Below cost selling by retailers is morally wrong - IFA
'To see what they worked so hard to produce being devalued on the shop shelf is morally wrong and will ultimately drive farmers out of business,' says IFA president Francie Gorman.
27 March 2024 News
Ór butter announces product expansion plans
With a 93% increase in sales in 2023, award-winning Ór-Real Irish Butter announces product expansion plans.
27 March 2024 News
Commission plans more fairness for farmers
The Commission announced its plans to beef up the fairness rules retailers and processors must follow when dealing with farmers.
20 March 2024 News
Vegetable growers willing to 'throw in the towel'
An IFA horticulture meeting heard that retailer resistance to increasing prices and rising costs are pushing growers out of the sector.
13 March 2024 News
IFA meets supermarkets on price cut campaigns
The IFA said it engaged with all main retailers recently, particularly the two discount retailers Lidl and Aldi.
28 February 2024 News
Slight fall in UK food price inflation
First monthly fall in UK food prices since September 2021, but food price inflation at 7% remains well ahead of general inflation at 4% in January.
16 February 2024 News
Supermarkets only worry about supply, MPs told
Representatives from various farming sectors briefed MPs in Westminster on Tuesday, as part of an ongoing inquiry into fairness within the food supply chain.
10 January 2024 Northern Ireland
Farmers cannot take hit in retail price wars
"If the retailers want to engage in combat for customers, it cannot be at the expense of farmers and producers" - Tim Cullinan.
10 January 2024 Community