Australia’s lettuce shortage has led to soaring prices in the grocery aisles, and even spurred global fast food giant KFC to put cabbage in its burgers.
is mainly due to climate events such as flooding, according to government forecaster Abares. Australia is still grappling with pandemic-related supply chain disruptions and persistent labour shortages, as well as access to important imported machinery.
“In normal times fruit and vegetable prices tend to recover relatively quickly and return to normal as production in other areas becomes available to fill supply gaps,” Abares said in its quarterly outlook on Tuesday. “However, in 2022–23 almost all aspects of the supply chain are facing inflationary pressures.”That puts Australia, which is a major agricultural exporter, in line with the rest of the world as food costs surge.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has snarled global supply chains and driven up the price of vital farming inputs, such as fertiliser and diesel. A United Nations’ gauge of global food prices is near record-highs.Consumer prices for fruit and vegetables in Australia rose strongly in the March quarter, by 4.9 per cent and 6.6 per cent respectively, according to latest CPI figures.
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