Farmers protest in Dunnes Stores over prices

Around 200 farmers have moved a protest over the low-cost selling of food to Dunnes Stores in the St Stephen's Green Shopping Centre in Dublin.

They pledged to buy up all of the fresh produce being sold for as little as 6c. 

Shop staff watched as more and more farmers congregated in the store.

The farmers are calling for regulation to tackle the low-cost selling of fresh food.

The farmers say large retailers are decimating jobs and small businesses as they compete to attract customers.

Retailers including Lidl, Aldi, SuperValu and Dunnes Stores are currently offering fresh fruit and vegetables for as little as 5c per item.

The Irish Farmers' Association has accused Minister for Enterprise Richard Bruton of dithering over the regulation of the producer-retailer relationship.

A spokesperson for the minister said the new consumer and competition bill, which will address fairness in the supermarket-producer relationship, is almost finalised and will be published in the coming weeks.

In a statement to RTÉ, SuperValu said it will absorb the cost of the price cuts currently being offered on some fruit and vegetables in its stores and costs will not be passed on to producers.

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