I work in retail and their is more increases to come. I have to do some tomorrow and their is a lot. Sucks

Everything's going up. Amazon Prime have just emailed me to say that their annual membership is going up from $59 to $79. What to do?

Good find, I haven't found anything that did not increase in price. I try and find the cheapest prices because I can't afford to shop the way we use to.

Find the items I buy each week are rising between $0.50-$1.00. stocking up on specials that can be stored and buy my cleaning items else where.

Fresh air and sunshine. I'm hungry though!

I'd like to add to my comment from yesterday that prices go up but contents get smaller.... Some things that I do are try to buy everything when its on sale and buy 2 or 3. Watch the price tags; sometimes the Jumbo is on sale for less than the Family Size. Look at flyers and take them to a store that will price match so you can get everything in one place rather than driving all over the place. Get a points card for the store where you shop; I have PC Optimum and save $800+ every year since the card came out. Make a list and try to stick to it; don't buy junk food just because it looks good or is on sale. Put your dollars into good food so you feel healthier, and you won't be tempted by the junk. I really hope this helps some of you to take up the challenge that grocery shopping has become. God bless you all:)

It sucks

Groceries here in Australia have all gone up or the packages are getting smaller.

I have noticed that our value brands go up 30 cents each product every few weeks . The only thing that I have noticed that has not gone up in price is the instant coffee I always buy.

Yes, Woolworths demineralized water is still $2.00 but Coles went from $1.80 to $2.00.

yes i see both rich men and homeless walking in the city it is crazy and again everything goes up. personally i am offended when some people say they do not want to see those people on the streets it is crazy and it is because everything went up. simple economics can be hard to grasp

It's funny because my ex as much as he was not a kind person taught me a few things even if he didn't mean to. He taught me to be frugal since he would never do anything to help support his family. I would suggest books or articles on how to save money. Buying in bulk is one way of saving for things you definitely use quite a bit of. Actually, I can't speak for any country but my own, I guess but if I am able to help anyone then my job is done! Start a garden, buy clothes that have already been used, unplug appliances you aren't using, make your own foods such as the one person suggested-Butter, peanut butter, nut milks, mustard and other condiments, sew your own clothes, make your own beauty products and makeup, laundry soap (which I still buy my own because I never found a recipe I liked for laundry soap or shampoo), deodorant, etc. Oooh, you can even make milk paint and stuff. I would recommend a book, but I can't remember name of it or the author. Go figure.

No nothing. I am paying twice as much for groceries than 12 months ago

Nope:(

I don't know what the second thing you mentioned is at all. I don't go to the store anymore at all either. My boyfriend goes. I am guessing he doesn't see much of anything that hasn't raised in price. Shopping online I have noticed prices have stayed pretty high, but there are sales are certain things and if it's something we use a lot of I will definitely buy extra if I have a chance. Edited 29-Apr-23 20:32pm

grocery prices in Nz have increased by >10%

It’s getting ridiculous, the cost of living is souring just like our power bills, and our wages are still the same, and to top things off doctors are now not bulk billing, what’s next we pay for the air we breathe.

Trouble is Woolworths and Coles have the monopoly and keep giving excuses for prices increasing whilst their profits are soaring . We need more players, when you look at how many grocery chains the UK has in a much smaller country it is ridiculous

Caviar is still holding its price as are Truffles.

Woolworths decaf coffee is still $4.00. That's about it.

No, I haven’t. Everything seems to be more expensive than last Year

Just thought I would share what a friend showed me a few days ago. All you need is a blender and be able to spot a bottle of cream on special just before expire date is up. Pour a 600ml bottle into the blender mix for about ten minutes butter is made about 250g plus you get buttermilk to make pancakes. You separate the milk put the butter into a piece of muslin cloth wash it in a bowl of ice cold water. Rinse and squeeze until water is clear wrap and shape into a square there you have it butter at half the price . if you make to much freeze it.

our family has started growing veggies thats working out well ,we basically have gone to vegetarian meal types as meat is over the top in woolies and coles, i have a deal with a local butcher i paint their signs and get paid in meat ,we are lucky in those aspects but with 8 to feed its getting tough ,i have found corial has been one that hasn't risen to much

while i was at the supermarket today i found a 20 dollar note,with the cost of living prices i thought to myself,what would jesus do? so i turned it into wine,, no i gave it to an elderly lady that a packet of chicken chips and a loaf of bread ,she was overjoyed and then i went and bought a bottle of wine

I can think of nothing that has remained the same price - we can only hope that the food stores offer more items on sale. It is absolutely out of control costly.

That’s about it I’ve noticed as well- but even the spinach was dearer last time.

Yes a lot of things. Why do you think everything has gone up?

Woolworths home brand bread has gone from $1.70 to $2.70 in less than 12 months.55% increase.

No reason or excuse for the amount prices have increased. I paid $9 for a product which rose to $17 for the same item. Some products have risen in price and also reduced in quantity. No accountability for the amount prices have risen.

not me yet

Just last week they were saying about 5 product's prices which didn't increase but even decrease compare to last year. I remember only capsicum and apples though lol

We have only got Woollies or Coles larger supermarkets and as I live at the top of the country we seem to be the last stop for deliveries of produce/products and of course when the rains come it is the excuse that the roads are in flood or the cost of fuel has gone up therefore the price rise…we don’t have the luxury of Aldi or Cosco stores to be able to shop in bulk or the Dollar Family Store as we are a small town…we are lucky to have local markets for fruit & vegs…meat is still or biggest expense…but I would like to think that thank goodness we live in Australia and not in the war torn countries as that is doing it extremely hard and terrifying for anyone old or young…I say thank goodness we have only small things to worry about and not being bombed each day or night…

I don't shop my husband does it all .I write the list & put it all away when he brings it home

I'm not aware of anything that hasn't gone up at the grocery store. However, I have found grocery items at the same price as before at the Family Dollar Store. They aren't always the cheapest, but sometimes they are. Of course, the biggest cost is produce and meat which you can't get there. Aldi's is said to be cheaper, but their meat has been questionable. You may want to check out a local meat market for better prices and fresher meat.

i went to our local supermarket and saw tomatoes $9 a kilo Australian

You have done well! I find it very difficult to find products that I have used for decades any less than $5. In fact my most recent shop had 17 products and averaged over $7 per item.

It is definitely starting to get high on prices

Everything in Australia has increased in price!

Please please please choose an alternative to the government you elected….

I've noticed our bread had stayed the same at $1.90, but yesterday when I brought some it was $2.40!

Wages always going up, Pensioner pay outs always going up, Welfare payments alway going up so why not food prices going up.

The shopping cart at my favorite store still costs 25c. There's just no more quarters laying on ground... :-/

Our average shop Has increased from $185 to $320 in the last 18 months. Inflation is said to be running at about 7%. Oh yeh. My denture glue has not gone up.

All prices have gone up. Do you expect stores to pay for the extra electricity, gas & petrol prices and not put the charges on to you. All those prices have risen considerably. It's not just on food the prices have gone up. In Australia we have had floods & fires this year and it's happened in areas that grow our food. A lot of those people lost their homes and livelyhoods and months later still have nowhere to live. Learn to adapt to the situation and be thankful that you have somewhere to live and food on the table.

I saw a sign in my local Woolworths a few days ago. It had the single serve packs of San Remo pasta and said they had been $1 since April 2017. The price on the shelf right next to the sign is $1.40. Oops.

Nope

the prices of just about all the groceries that we usually buy have increased considerably. We have changed our shopping pattern, to take advantage of buying in bulk at Costco and BJ's, as well as shopping at Walmart and Price Rite.

No all go up never down unless on special prices. Edited 29-Apr-23 14:41pm

I have found a number of items in Woolworth's stores that have gone up iin price - namely their own milk brand which used to be 95cents now costs a $1.60 - quite a jump in a matter of months

Some tins of ordinary tomatoes seem to have risen 5c every time I buy them lately. This year was a bumper year for growing them. It's the same for all our tinned and frozen products. Who is having a lend of the public - the grocery wholesalers?

Grow your own vegetables and save money Bake and cook at home

Most things have gone up. The only thing I have noticed not to have changed is tinned tomatoes at woolies

it,s al going out of control on a smell buget i,m bying less only what we need

I don't do much shopping in cokes or woolies but a lot more at Aldis. Their prices have also increased but can still get so more for the same total price. I think they are great.

Costs have gone up

Don't get me started,it's depressing going to the supermarket now walking away with way less than I used to buy because I simply just can't afford to buy anything but essential items now and even then I still go with out.Gluten free prices in NZ are now way through the roof it's utter BS and the politicians need to do something to help ease things.

I think you'll find high volume items have increased where as the slow selling stuff is still Old Stock has not.

Most things have gone up probably more in the junk food and soft drinks

https://www.facebook.com/groups/296040945872900/ If anyone is interested I put a link for a site called A way beyond frugal . We are a small group just looking for ways to save a couple of dollars. Anyone is welcome to check it out or to add your own ideas to save money . We are not selling you anything.

Prices in Australia will go up now until we change goverment. Labor just don't have any fiscal know how, it's always the same. Then people wake up we change government then people think we should change the government and so it goes round and round. Labor spend like there's no tomorrow and the Libs come in and put it right and then here we go round and round. Prices going up on everything.

The only thing I know that hasn't gone up is my cat's catnip spray.

I work in a grocery store. I see prices increasing all the time.

very rare to find anything that hasn't gone up in price. What I've been trying to do when items are half price is buy 2 or 3 of them.I know its hard as Im on a pension but it saves in the long run

Even the $ stores have become quite expensive. I was going to buy some lypsol at the $ store and was shocked that they wanted $2 when it was $1.50 a week ago.....went to the drug store and it was $1.69

Nope..everything has increased. I think the main supermarkets are trying to get us to buy their home brands that are from overseas. I have been buying less at Coles and Woollies, and going to NQR but even they have raised their prices. There is so much of the vegan woke fake foods it isn't a joke. And "no sugar" items. I won't buy these.

each time you go to the shops it seems some ot the prices have increased

Ridiculous!!!

THE BANKS ARE SETTING UP LOANS AT CHECKOUTS NOW

Omg the cost are through the roof

If its the same price you can bet they've decreased the weight or quality of ingredients to make it so

Chocolate bars, still go on special for 1 dollar, the special is still the same. Although I noticed they're some times putting specials to 0.95 dollars too. if that is included as grocery. Edited 29-Apr-23 17:03pm

banas

yeah, noticed the 'less for more' change too. As others have said, making lots of casseroles, soups, stews. I live alone, but always try to cook for at least two per meal. Dinner for breakfast/lunch, with an added egg, or whatever on toast

The entire cost of living has gone up with food, petrol, rent/mortgage, postage stamps, sending packages ect It seems like all the major supermarkets are trying to out do each other all the time with us wanting to spend our money in there stores. If you are dairy and wheat free not by choice like myself my grocery bill can add up pretty quickly. Do you have Everyday Rewards? if you do you can select to save $10.00 dollars for Christmas once you reach 2000 points with grocery shopping and there Big W partners. Fly Buys you can collect points and turn them into shopping dollars to pay for groceries as well.

Yes your right, there has sure been a price hike, I’d say 20/30% on most grocery items. I do grow some veggies, and get a box of fruit and vegetables delivered from a local family, harvest2home, however even they had to make a slight increase due to petrol price’s. Let’s hope wage’s will increase to compensate 🙏

Don't know where you're shopping, but no! Even at standard grocery stores, a regular bag of basic potato chips is about $6 around here, not including tax. Also see dried pasta for $3...and I think that's on sale! It's getting ridiculous!

I have noticed a few products with similar prices but in smaller amounts. I try to use coupons and sales to save money.

I've not paid attention. I just get in and out quickly.

Yes and not only has groceries gone up the choice on brands are less

In season fresh fruit /veg,milk, meat from farmers markets have not gone up. The Rubbish in packets in supermarkets have gone up. but they have always been overpriced and never REAL food.

Prices go up while the contents get smaller...

No everything that i buy has gone up in price.

None, even though they keep telling us they have dropped. I would like to what & where?

no

Can't find anything that HASN'T gone up in price. I definitely DO WITHOUT a LOT of things now.

Everything, not just groceries, is going up. Yes, when a major part of your expenses is groceries it really hurts! Butter is $6.00/lb, brand name whole milk is $7.50/gal and hamburger is $7-8.00/lb, we can’t keep up. Many of the shelves are bare and brand name canned goods are limited.

PRICES HAVE GOT OUT OF HAND AND DON'T LOOK LIKE GETTING ANY BETTER IN THE NEAR FUTURE. IN THE NZ HERALD YESTERDAY THERE WAS A SERIES OF PRICE COMPARRISONS BETWEEN NZ AND OZ AND APART FROM DAIRY PRODUCTS MUCH CHEAPER IN OZ MOST OTHER THINGS WERE CHEAPER IN NZ. WE NOTICED THIS WHEN WE WERE IN TASSIE IN FEB, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT STOOD OUT, DEODERENT ( DOVE ) OZ $9 SPECIAL $7.50 AU COLES. SAME DEODERANT IN NZ $7 SPECIAL $5NZ. SOAP POWDER COLD POWER 2KG $21 AU NZ SAME PRODUCT $15NZ. THATS LIFE AND WE JUST HAVE TO SUCK IT UP. HAVE A GOOD DAY!!!

Major supermarkets are claiming they have locked prices. They would really only need to lock one price in order to claim they have a price lock. All other prices are in orbit.

I'm afraid that everything that I look at instore have only gone up in prices, but I just wanted to share something here that might be helpful for someone else here on Australia. I am on a Disability Support Pension and I have really tightened my belt these last 6 months or so but I always visit the Anglicare store in the town where I do my grocery shopping before I visit a store. For $12, it used to be $10, there is a range of items which you get to fill your bag with (basically the green material bag that Woolworths used to see for $1, which does fit a fair amount of food into). It changes most times I visit but it' always carries the staples like UHF milk in a carton, cereals, yesterday was either Just Right or Weetbix, tinned fruit, pasta, rice (yesterday it was Jasmine rice which is better for those who have a gluten sensitivity), biscuits and other snack items, bottles of ready to cook sauces like honey soy, satay etc and then those designed for use with pasta ( I got a large bottle of passata) and then some things more specific for families with young children like baby cereals, nappies, wipes etc. You usually end up with over $30 worth of products and as I know longer buy things like tinned fruit as it really isn't a "necessity", I appreciate the treat. Just putting it out there in case it helps someone. Thanks for reading.

My basmati rice went from $ 9.99 for 10 lbs...to $20.00...glad I have 3 bags..still..shopping is no fun anymore...

We look for reduced price meats and freeze when we get good sales. I am making more soups like lentil to last for two or three meals. It is getting very challenging for everyone.

Cost of groceries will continue to rise due to increased food costs- includes transport/ warehouse/ labour & it goes on & on

The struggle ie real, it’s so disappointing doing groceries these days

grocery prices are just sickening!

The pacaking is much smaller now but the price is the same although I have noticed a slight increase - so bad !

Supermarkets are screwing Suppliers and customers and making massive profits.

Package size is smaller too. Only buy when it's on sale

Most of things I buy have gone up so I wait until they are on special then buy them if I need them I have cut back on a lot of things and grow my own vegies and make most of my meals from scratch

In New Zealand, our grocery bill is at least 30% more than it used to be, even with changing to generic brands etc

Well done to you! I haven't compared just going on a buy as needs basis but am trying to pick out specials 2for1 of things I always need, loose change permitting of course and boy or boy the earnings from doing these surveys come very handy!!!