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Poll: Are you spending more on your groceries as a result of the heatwave?

Ice-cream, alcohol and barbeque foods have been in high demand in recent weeks.

IRISH SUPERMARKETS ARE enjoying a bumper summer as the prolonged spell of good weather has seen people spend an additional €27 million on groceries.

The latest figures from market research firm Kantar Worldpanel reveal that soaring temperatures have boosted sales of summer staples by 9%, as people stock up on ice-cream, alcohol, barbeque foods and sun care products.

Sales of ice-cream are 12% higher than the same period last year while sales of barbeque foods are up 10% and sun care products are up 8%.

So, today we’re asking: Are you spending more on your groceries as a result of the heatwave?


Poll Results:

No (5366)
Yes (2607)
I'm not sure (1076)
No interest/no opinion (235)

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    Mute gordon o loughlin
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    May 16th 2022, 10:55 AM

    Maybe he could strap the vaccines instead of nuclear warheads on to his ballistic missiles and distribute them that way. Oh wait maybe if he hadn’t wasted all his money more conventional distribution would be available.

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    May 16th 2022, 11:17 AM

    @gordon o loughlin: all his money?

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    May 16th 2022, 11:49 AM

    @OConnelj: sorry North Koreas money. My bad lol. But you get my drift

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    May 16th 2022, 12:57 PM

    Kim Jong Un “blasting” officials…..I’d say he did indeed blast them….with some sort of military hardware. Its never his fault. The UN and South Korea are willing to help….but no! North Koreans dying is far more important to him.

    Maybe some day the rest of the world will figure out how to ensure no single country will have a ruler that owns and robs l that country and its people.

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    Mute Genera L Consensus
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    May 16th 2022, 3:18 PM

    He just doesn’t have a clue what he’s doing, walking around with a cigarette and a mask. Bet he is fully vaxxed with Western vaccines.

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    May 16th 2022, 11:52 PM

    It’s never Kim’s fault. Always someone elses. He’d do well in middle management.

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