Retailers say consumers should brace themselves for continued price rises on the back of inflation but farmers accuse them of price gouging with 'atrocious' mark-ups.
A 'failure' of competition laws
"For at least the next 12 months, we are expecting inflation to have an impact unfortunately, so we do need to brace ourselves for some price rises," she said.
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