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Chocolate may become a luxury item.

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

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Tammi Jonas is building an on-farm micro-abattoir near Daylesford.

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
An inquiry has called for expanded school meals programs as food relief charities are inundated with calls for help.

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
Lord mayoral candidate Yvonne Weldon says picnics during the COVID era are a good example of how people could drink responsibly outside.

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
The first Good Food Symposium held in Melbourne in June.

LIVE STREAM: Leading Sydney restaurants, bars and cafes tackle workplace culture

LIVE STREAM: A panel of veterans discuss hospitality workplace culture and how fostering a positive place to work can lead to success.

  • Good Food staff writers
Coles and Woolworths recorded dramatic falls in consumer trust, while smaller competitors Aldi and IGA continue to rank among the most trusted brands.

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
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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
The listed debt collection companies have their challenges.

If there’s no ‘price gouging’, how come interest rates are so high?

You can’t argue that demand has been growing stronger than supply and so causing price rises, while claiming profits have not risen.

  • Ross Gittins
Working families are under pressure.

When it comes to cost-of-living pressures, there is one group being hit hardest

Working families are bearing the brunt of inflation pressures, with insurance and housing costs pushing their cost-of-living measure far higher than inflation.

  • Millie Muroi and Shane Wright
Luxury … good inflation figures may enable people to afford blueberries on their milk and muesli.

Why the price of your breakfast might point to the Reserve Bank’s next decision

Muesli and milk was becoming a luxury as inflation soared. But there are good signs the nation’s inflation pressures are finally starting to abate.

  • Shane Wright

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