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Grocery inflation eases back to under 4% as online summer sales surge

Shoppers spent €36.1m on goods associated with warmer weather, including soft drinks, antipasti, ice cream and sun care

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#2308
First seen
24 Aug 2026, 12:40 UTC
Last checked
25 Aug 2026, 04:56 UTC
Version history
1 version
Current fingerprint
19eb2b972479...e7662d
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Publisher layer

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Publisher
The Irish Times
Country
Ireland
Source published
24 Aug 2026, 12:24 UTC
Source updated
No update timestamp supplied
Byline
Conor Pope
Section
Not supplied
Source-supplied excerpt
Shoppers spent €36.1m on goods associated with warmer weather, including soft drinks, antipasti, ice cream and sun care
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    Initial capture

    Grocery inflation eases back to under 4% as online summer sales surge

    Shoppers spent €36.1m on goods associated with warmer weather, including soft drinks, antipasti, ice cream and sun care

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    Version SHA-256
    19eb2b972479...e7662d
    Capture SHA-256
    5bd227bcaefb...66cced
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Publisher categories are copied from source metadata. Machine signals report observable wording or format and do not determine truth, intent, ethics, or wrongdoing.

  • machine content-type Reported news observable-rules-v1 / 70% rule confidence
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Capture ID
#1994
Observed
24 Aug 2026, 12:40 UTC
HTTP result
200 / parsed
Raw payload
871,719 bytes, private gzip evidence
Collector
news-ledger/0.1
Public boundary
metadata and excerpt