Editorial policy

Editorial and Data Quality Policy

NI Food Compass is built as a consumer-help project, so the site needs clear rules for accuracy, independence and corrections.

Editorial aim

Our aim is to help Northern Ireland households understand grocery and household pricing in practical language. Content should explain real shopping decisions, not hide behind technical dashboards or repeat retailer marketing copy.

Independence

NI Food Compass is independent. Retailer, brand and product names are used for identification, comparison and consumer information. Paid support, advertising or affiliate links should not change factual price comparison ranking unless clearly stated.

Data quality

Price rows are checked for obvious problems such as missing links, zero unit prices, category mismatches, household unit errors and known product canaries. The system is still improving, so public correction links are part of the workflow.

Human review

Automated collection and normalisation are supported by manual review. When a product category, diet tag, brand, unit price or retailer link looks wrong, the correction should be logged and reviewed rather than ignored.

Limits

Prices, stock, pack sizes and promotions can change at any time. Retailer pages remain the final source of truth for purchase decisions. NI Food Compass is a planning and comparison aid, not a guaranteed checkout system.

Contact

For corrections, removal requests, retailer questions or legal enquiries, email [email protected].