Retail

Reverse vending machine supplier TOMRA Collective has congratulated Irish retailers and consumers on a successful first year under the DRS.

The UK arm of German discount supermarket Lidl will give its 28,000 hourly pay workers a pay rise of at least 2.8% it said on Monday.

Irish grocery sales were up 6.5% in January as Dunnes Stores reached record-level market share following Storm Éowyn, according to Kantar.

Re-turn – the operator of Ireland’s DRS – today announced 1 billion drinks containers returned by the public as part of the scheme.