Cost pressures challenge supermarkets, insurers

Liam Walsh, Sue Mitchell, Lucas Baird and Jessica Sier

Sep 6, 2021 – 5.00am

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Some of Australia’s biggest businesses, from supermarkets to insurance, are seeing cost pressures creep in, raising the prospect of higher consumer prices in the next year.

The theme is not universal, with some businesses, such as pizza giant Domino’s, not suffering an input crunch, nor envisioning retail price rises soon. Other businesses might look to take costs out elsewhere to avoid raising prices.

Liam Walsh writes on investigations and companies with The Australian Financial Review. He has won multiple media awards, worked in Japan and is now based in Brisbane.

Sue Mitchell writes the fortnightly Window Shopping column for the Financial Review and has covered retailing for over 30 years.

Lucas Baird is a journalist based in The Australian Financial Review's Sydney office.

Jessica Sier is the North Asia Correspondent for The Australian Financial Review. She is based in Tokyo, Japan. Jessica has previously written on technology, global capital markets and economics.