'We are starting to see changes in the customer basket.' 9News
Ritchies IGA CEO Fred Harrison said you could see evidence of shoppers' changing habits by what they left on the shelves." seeing people perhaps not buy as much Scotch fillet, porterhouse, and heading towards mincemeat and stewing cuts often used for slow cooking this time of year.""We are seeing people buy a lot more generic product, the Black and Gold sales have increased," Harrison said."We are seeing it across Coles and Woolies, it is across the market.
Nonetheless, improved weather has seen some previously premium-priced items plummet back into the realm of affordability. Harrison said iceberg lettuces, which had cost as much as $13 a pop just six weeks ago, were back down to $2.49. Sales of home or own-branded alternative products are booming as shoppers look to reduce their grocery bills."Obviously, if we get another real bad bout of weather across the east coast of Australia, that will change," he said.
Other fruit and vegetables such as tomatoes, beans, spring onions, carrots and broccoli were also on the way down.
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