Irish Grocery Price Index
Week 39 · 2026-09-21 to 2026-09-27
A fixed basket of 10 everyday essentials, priced every week across Tesco, Aldi, SuperValu, Lidl and Dunnes Stores from prices we scrape twice a week.
Cheapest full basket this week
SuperValu — €17.49
€7.53 less than the dearest full basket.
Basket total by store
| Store | Total | Items priced |
|---|---|---|
| Aldi | €13.98 | 5/10 (partial basket) |
| SuperValu | €17.49 | 10/10 |
| Tesco | €19.78 | 10/10 |
| Dunnes Stores | €25.02 | 10/10 |
Biggest rises
- Diggers Tempura Cod Goujons 300g (Dunnes Stores)€2.50 → €4.50 (+80%)
- Cadbury Dairy Milk &More Caramel Nut Crunch Chocolate Bar 200g (Dunnes Stores)€2.47 → €4.30 (+74.1%)
- Avonmore Fresh Cream 250ml (Dunnes Stores)€1.39 → €2.39 (+71.9%)
- Keelings Green Seedless Grapes 500g (Dunnes Stores)€3.80 → €6.50 (+71.1%)
- O'Donnells Ballymaloe Relish & Cheddar Cheese Sharing Crisps 125g (SuperValu)€1.50 → €2.50 (+66.7%)
- O'Donnells Fire Roasted Buffalo Wings Flavour Hand Cooked Potato Crisps 125g (SuperValu)€1.50 → €2.50 (+66.7%)
- O'donnells Cider Vinegar & Sea Salt 125G (SuperValu)€1.50 → €2.50 (+66.7%)
- O'donnells Sour Cream And Onin Crinkle Cut Crisps 125G (SuperValu)€1.50 → €2.50 (+66.7%)
- McVitie's Milk Chocolate Digestive Biscuits - Caramel 250g (Dunnes Stores)€2.39 → €3.89 (+62.8%)
- Sprite Zero 2ltr (Dunnes Stores)€3.25 → €5.00 (+53.8%)
Biggest drops
- Nescafe Original Instant Coffee 200G (Dunnes Stores)€8.50 → €2.20 (-74.1%)
- Finish Ultimate Plus All In One 29 Dishwasher Tablets Lemon 353.8g (Dunnes Stores)€6.50 → €1.79 (-72.5%)
- Fairy Non Bio Big One Washing Liquid Pods 29 washes 1151.3g (Dunnes Stores)€15.50 → €4.50 (-71%)
- Home Chips Chunky 1kg (Dunnes Stores)€11.89 → €3.89 (-67.3%)
- Muller Light Red Fruit Assorted Fat Free Yogurt 6X140g (Dunnes Stores)€3.50 → €1.19 (-66%)
- Robinsons Fruit Shoot Orange Kids Juice Drink 8 x 200ml (SuperValu)€5.29 → €2.00 (-62.2%)
- Jacobs Mikado Biscuits 100g (Tesco)€2.49 → €1.00 (-59.8%)
- Light & Free Strawberry 0 Fat Greek Style (Dunnes Stores)€3.50 → €1.49 (-57.4%)
- Cadbury White Chocolate Fingers Biscuits 114g (Tesco)€2.85 → €1.25 (-56.1%)
- Roma Bronze Die Fusilli 500g (Dunnes Stores)€4.49 → €2.00 (-55.5%)
The basket, item by item
| Item | Aldi | SuperValu | Tesco | Dunnes Stores |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole Milk (2L) | — | €2.25 | €2.25 | €2.25 |
| Milk (1L, low-fat/skimmed) | — | €1.15 | €1.15 | €1.15 |
| Irish Creamery Butter (454g) | €4.99 | €2.99 | €2.99 | €2.99 |
| White Sliced Pan (800g) | — | €2.09 | €2.09 | €2.99 |
| Cheddar Cheese (200g) | €1.59 | €1.69 | €2.00 | €3.99 |
| Tea Bags (80 pack) | €4.09 | €1.79 | €3.50 | €3.50 |
| Fairy Washing Up Liquid (320ml) | €2.49 | €1.80 | €2.00 | €1.80 |
| Sausages (227g) | — | €0.99 | €1.35 | €1.99 |
| Bacon Rashers (200-225g) | — | €1.89 | €2.00 | €3.11 |
| Chopped/Plum Tomatoes (400g tin) | €0.82 | €0.85 | €0.45 | €1.25 |
Index history
- 2026-W42 — cheapest: SuperValu (€17.49)
- 2026-W41 — cheapest: SuperValu (€17.49)
- 2026-W40 — cheapest: SuperValu (€17.49)
- 2026-W39 — cheapest: SuperValu (€17.49)
- 2026-W38 — cheapest: SuperValu (€17.49)
- 2026-W37 — cheapest: SuperValu (€17.93)
- 2026-W36 — cheapest: SuperValu (€17.93)
- 2026-W35 — cheapest: SuperValu (€17.93)
- 2026-W34 — cheapest: SuperValu (€17.93)
Methodology: same basket every week; each item is the cheapest matching product at each store from prices scraped within the last 14 days. A store is only compared when the full basket is available there. Movers exclude swings over 80% (usually data glitches, not real price changes).