When the power went off in Pramod Patel’s small supermarket about an hour south-east of Melbourne early last week as storms took out transmission towers, it stayed out for four days.
He had to turf more than $20,000 worth of perishable stock from his FoodWorks in Upper Beaconsfield.
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Gus McCubbing is a markets reporter in the Melbourne newsroom. He was previously the Australian Financial Review’s Victorian political correspondent. Connect with Gus on Twitter. Email Gus at gus.mccubbing@afr.com
