A consumer group has advised Australians to 'shop around' for cheaper groceries, but for people in regional areas, choice is a luxury they don't have.
People living in regional Australia say they would like greater supermarket choice and a lack of competition is keeping prices high.A Tasmania n Senator says state, territory and federal governments should be doing more to dilute the market control of Woolworths and Coles .As a cook on a station in remote Queensland, food is her livelihood, and she has to acquire a lot of it to keep the ringers well-fed.
"Things we take into consideration are weather events — will there be a lot of rain, is there rain coming… will trucks be able to get out, will we be able to get out?," she said.She said she wished she had more choice, and it would make a difference to her shopping bills if she did."It works the same as fuel in regional areas — if that's only the one fuel station, then that's the price you pay.
Even in capital cities such as Darwin, customers told the ABC they felt their more limited supermarket choices impacted their ability to lower their spending. "We just don't have a choice. It'd be lovely if we had one of those Aldi stores or something like that, but we don't and it's always been like that," another said.
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