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Apples, carrots, breakfast cereal, flour, pasta, tea bags, cheese, milk and mince might seem like a simple shopping list of essential groceries. But in some remote communities, these nine staple items cost a total of more than $100. Consumer advocacy organisation Choice conducted a mystery shop in four remote community grocery stores in Western Australia and the Northern Territory.
“In capital cities, for example, you’ll pay on average $4.87 for a kilo of apples. “At the store we visited on the Tiwi Islands, people are paying $7.50 a kilo. “At the West Daly store, apples will set you back $9.10 per kilo.” Tiwi Island resident, Rosie told Choice she sometimes had to ask family or friends for help with grocery costs. “I didn’t realise it was that much to support a little family,” she said.
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