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Hi Everyone,
Getting fresh produce in Australia was never an issue but in recent times, things have changed. The last few years, we've had one of the worst bushfires and floods we have ever experienced and in turn have changed our supply chain drastically. In conjunction to what is happening around the world, the scarcity of fresh produce seems to be here longer than expected. I've noticed our weekly grocery have jumped up at least 20% and the figure continues to increase. This in turns means we probably eat our less as prices from eating out have also increase substantially over the last few months.
Over the weekend, I was at the local shops and although Harris Farm is known to cost a little more premium, I was shocked to see shallots cost $4.50 a bunch. I don't ever recall seeing that price anywhere for a bunch of shallots. I'm kind of lucky to be growing a bit of them in the garden and I can't see myself paying that much for something that is used to garnish or for a subtle taste. I ended up buying a small basket of food which most are on sale which will only last us for 2 days for $28. The basket of food are just the basics like crackers for tea, fruit and some lunch bits. No meat, seafood or any carbs for a more substantial meal.
What is even more ridiculous, we did actually go out to eat over the Easter long weekend and the restaurant we went to sold chicken feet at $1.90 each!! I had to take a picture to show my family how crazy it was to sell a single chicken feet at $1.90. I remember before COVID, you could get a 1kg bag of chicken feet for $2. I guess now not only food is scarce, labour is expensive, rent has gone up, except for our wages which doesn't move quick enough to catch up.
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I don't know for fresh products, but the prices of fruits and vegatables increased sharply in my country as well.
our fruits are very limited at the moment, i guess overall the prices are still higher than what it used to be
It is indeed shocking how everything has soared, well except wages as you mentioned :) But we can't do much, can we? We still need to eat hehe. It might be best to consider growing one or two kinds of veggies in our own homes.
Ha I started growing some veggies last year during the first round of lockdown and it was pretty good but things got busy this year and the possums come to eat them so I just gave up. I've still got lots of shallots tho lol
What happen to the stuff you were planting?
possums are coming up to the garden for buffets every night. EVerything is gone except the shallots hahahaha
OMG, the marsupials use their pouches for take out?
i dunno but the only thing i see is the peels underneath the mandarin tree and ALL my potatoes and sweet potatoes dug up. They tried on the shallots but i guess doesn't taste nice and left the rest hahahahahaha
More labour for Labour Day then.
Inflation is hitting us too her in the USA.
I am preparing more foods for scratch.
I will grow tomatoes again ... like tomorrow, hehehe!
Good luck with the tomatoes, my last batch was a disaster, might as well just get them at the shops :(
Listening to today's TV news, I was wondering about the tens of billions that will be put on the market to deal with rising cost of living by governments around the world, combined with the simultaneous blockade of the port of Shanghai (which means for me supply lines) how dramatic the further increase in inflation will be. Greetings to Australia, in any case
Whatever is happening around the world is not helping everyone and I can see it getting worse. not to mention natural causes like our floods for example. Hope you are well :)
This inflation has to be everywhere. Onions is referred to as gold in my place. Everything just keeps rising with no respect. It's sad.
Oh really? onions? Where are you located?
Nigeria. Kaduna to be precise. Rice now costs about a thousand per measure. That's like almost $2
In my country, Venezuela, inflation is a plague. I highly recommend you take advantage of only seasonal products. I really liked knowing how things are in your country, it is good to know about other places. HUGS 🤗
Thanks for coming by. We are heading to winter so I don't expect to get a huge variety of fresh produce but will def take advantage of the seasonal products or ones on sale
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Same here ( Brisbane) yellow capsicum my 3 year olds favorite is 12-17 dollars a kilo. Broccoli don’t get me started. The grapes at least are as cheap as normal.
I keep telling my friends that they they have taken a 20% pay cut… as prices gone up so much and wages went up like 2% for me this year. Big whoop
So glad we are starting to grow our own food.
Produce here is not only more expensive, but the quality is pretty awful. We are just coming out of winter so everything is imported from somewhere else. I will be so happy to have locally grown produce again, although I do wonder if I can afford to buy it!