This week's price watch compares the price of organic beef.
Here . . .
Dublin: O'Toole's, Glasthule (below), €16.17; Superquinn, Sutton, €9.59; Downey's, Terenure, €11.46
Athlone: Dunnes Stores, Irishtown, €8.37
Belfast: Sainsbury's, Hollywood Exchange, €5.98
Cork: Tesco, Paul Street, €10.99
Galway: Tesco, Headford Road, €10.99
Limerick: Dunnes Stores, Parkway Shopping Centre, €8.37
There . . .
Glasgow: Safeway, Byres Road, €12.95
London: Chadwicks, Baltham Road, €12.65
New York: Prime Meats, Queens, €9.75
Perth, Australia: Dalkeith Village Butcher, Dalkeith, €10.50
Prices are for a kilo of minced organic beef
Next week: a dental check-up
What you've found . . .
A reader got in touch about a difference of almost
€3 in the price of coffee. At Bewley's branch in Blackrock Shopping Centre, in Co Dublin, she paid 4.16 for half a pound of Bewley's Java coffee. The same amount of the same brand cost € at Cavistons in Glasthule, Co Dublin.
Cavistons says it realised the discrepancy itself only recently; when it contacted Bewley's it discovered that it had inadvertently been paying a catering rate instead of a retail rate for its beans. The mistake has now been rectified, and yesterday Cavistons reset its price to €3.96.
If you notice a significant price increase or discrepancy, let us know by e-mailing pricewatch@irish-times.ie
