Fruit and vegetable growers “can’t survive”

QUEENSLAND fruit grower, Shaun Jackson, said the ACCC inquiry into supermarket prices was urgently required as his business and others continue to be threatened by the significant prices charged by supermarket giants. He said he’d sell melons to supermarket giants for up to $1.50 each, but they’d then onsell them to consumers for around $5.90 each. Photo: SUPPLIED.

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January 16, 2024 | 7:00 AM

AS families struggle to pay for their food amidst a ‘cost-of-living’ crisis, supermarkets are still making record profits while the Federal Government has launched an inquiry into the supermarket prices.

Leader of the Nationals, David Littleproud, said there was further evidence of price disparity on the cost of fruit and vegetables in supermarkets, after demanding an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) price inquiry more than three months ago.