Get ready to add a pineapple or two to your weekly grocery bill

A lack of international students picking fruit, bushfires and cyclones have all hit growing regions in the past year, pushing up produce prices at the checkout. Recent Australian Bureau of Statistics data suggests the cost of an average food shop increased 2.2 per cent in 2020, well above the national inflation rate of 0.9 per cent and also outstripping wages growth.Mandy Walker, mother of three, said she had noticed fresh produce prices increasing, while quality declined.“Our grocery bills have…



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