Neither the Labor government nor the opposition are truly interested in shutting down price gouging by the big two supermarkets – they would rather have the issue disappear.
As a coffee-obsessed nation,Australia has been holding terrified cafe owners to ransom for too long. It’s time we enter our $7 coffee era.
Cocoa prices have continued to rise and production will fall by 13 per cent this year,forcing manufacturers to increase the costs of their chocolate products.
A decision by meat processors has left some of the country’s best small-scale farmers with a tough choice:go big or go bust. But it’s consumers who will ultimately pay.
A parliamentary inquiry has called for an expansion of Victoria’s school breakfast program and a “minister for food” to help tackle rising costs and food insecurity.
Driving around has become cheaper,but the fun stuff – holidays and recreational activities – are probably setting you back.
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Just how a business justifies a price increase has a huge influence over whether we keep shopping there,research shows.
In their duopoly,the big supermarkets have a licence to print money,which is premised on them not bleeding the Australian public dry.
You can’t argue that demand has been growing stronger than supply and so causing price rises,while claiming profits have not risen.