Inflation and the rising cost of living cause chaos for business owners and customers as coffee and vegies become the latest budget-breaking items.
From farm gate to cafe plate, inflation and the rising cost of living are causing chaos for business owners and consumers, with coffee and vegetables the latest produce affected.Berries are now fetching $13 a punnet and wombok $15 eachto reach $11 a pop, leading some major fast-food outlets to use cabbage as a replacement.But farmers and business owners say it is not just lettuce and berries taking a hit, it is everything on the menu and in the shop.
Gold Coast cafe owner Tolua Scott said she was looking at moving one of her three outlets to running on solar just to help her stay afloat."We've already been through that over two-and-a-half years and gone into considerable debt to get through it, so we have to pass it on."From coffee to wombok Ms Scott said she had been told it was unlikely there would be a price reprieve for several years and her products, including coffee, would be impacted."There's just no room to move … the way we look at it is try to support small businesses because if you don't, we won't be there."
Fruit and vegetable wholesaler Don Meers, of Q Growers Market, said his outlet was not doing much better."We're going to be in this situation for at least the next six to eight weeks," he said.Mr Meers said items that were not regular staples had risen in price, with six womboks costing wholesalers $90.
"Six months ago we'd pay $2 for cabbage and sell it for $2.99, now it's $11 and we have to shelf it for $10.99 to sell," he said."And now with fuel and freight costs, you've really got to pay for it. I've never seen it like this."
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