Brewers say production costs have hit an all-time high as they battle to keep their packaged products at an affordable price point.
Brewers have warned that packaged beverages will become more expensive and could increase by a larger margin that pints at the pub.The rising cost of aluminium will push the price of canned drinks upIndependent and larger-scale brewing companies across Australia are feeling the pressure of a recent increase in excise tax, as well as a spike in aluminium and ingredient prices.
Mr Wilson said brewing costs had ballooned by about 60 per cent over the past two decades, and that flowed on to consumers. "Right across Australia, we're looking at bids anywhere into the low to mid three hundreds for for barley [dollars per tonne] ... it's a fairly strong price," he said."We are seeing a lot of other factors influencing a lot of our processors, manufacturers and retailers ... some of those [being] challenges around supply chains, freight costs, labour costs, and energy costs," Mr McKeon said.
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