Consumers’ willingness to keep spending on expensive coffee machines and air fryers helped the Breville Group lift net interim profits 1 per cent to $78.7 million despite rising prices.

Breville chief financial officer Martin Nicholas said premium products such as the $1199 Barista Express Impress and the $500 Joule Oven Air Fryer Pro were selling well as supply chain glitches eased, despite an average price rise of 4 per cent in the six months to December.