Food prices
Cost of food, fuel and housing is soaring in Brisbane. The graphs prove it
It is getting significantly more expensive to fill a shopping trolley in Brisbane, where food prices have been climbing more than any other Australian capital city.
- William Davis
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- Opinion
- Supermarkets
It’s official – supermarkets are overcharging. Quick, change the subject
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.
- Ross Gittins
- Opinion
- Cost of living
Want to keep your local cafe in business? Start paying them $7 a coffee
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.
- Rachel Clun
Golden ticket? Chocolate bars could soon become a luxury item
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.
- Madeleine Heffernan
Why it’s about to get difficult to buy high-quality, ethical meat
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.
- Richard Cornish
More free school breakfasts – and lunches – on the table as food crisis bites
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.
- Kieran Rooney
Six graphs that show how inflation is hitting our spending
Driving around has become cheaper, but the fun stuff – holidays and recreational activities – are probably setting you back.
- Millie Muroi
LIVE STREAM: Leading Sydney restaurants, bars and cafes tackle workplace culture
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- Good Food staff writers
- Opinion
- Inflation
Note to supermarkets: This is how you get away with higher prices
Just how a business justifies a price increase has a huge influence over whether we keep shopping there, research shows.
- Millie Muroi
- Opinion
- Supermarkets
The cruellest part? Coles and Woolworths appeared to target battlers
In their duopoly, the big supermarkets have a licence to print money, which is premised on them not bleeding the Australian public dry.
- Allan Fels
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