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Data shows supermarket prices vary state to state, as households share how they keep up with high grocery costs
ABC NEWS (Australia)
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2/14/2025
The cost of groceries remains a major expense for Australian families, but prices vary significantly depending on the state or territory.
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Before the pandemic, Adelaide mum Beck Cocker did her grocery shopping like most Australians
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at the major supermarkets.
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They're just not affordable anymore.
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A few years ago, she was spending about $300 to $350 per week on groceries, but the cost
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of that weekly shop has increased.
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She now relies on charities like the Adelaide-based Puddle Jumpers to get by.
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It's just unimaginable.
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Everything is increasing and I'm very lucky to have a home, I feel.
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The Consumer Advocacy Group Choice compared the cost of groceries in each state and territory.
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It found Western Australia and the Northern Territory have the most expensive groceries
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in the country when comparing the major supermarkets, while New South Wales and Victoria had the
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cheapest.
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The one that really surprises me all the time is Tasmania is quite cheap for supermarket
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groceries, and we haven't really figured out why yet.
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Coles and Woolworths are critical of the Choice data.
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They say it doesn't compare like-for-like products.
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In a statement, a Woolworths spokesperson said,
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Over the last three financial quarters, we have reported decreases in average prices
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across our supermarkets.
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While Coles said,
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Grocery prices are heavily influenced by ingredients, rent, fuel, wages, energy, shipping, transport
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and other costs.
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In Melbourne, Carl Higgs and his partner have come up with ways to reduce the cost of their
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groceries, including bulk buying some items online and avoiding the big supermarkets.
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Going to a local fruit and veg shop, they often are cheaper, it's more seasonal, it's
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fresher.
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Carl has been economical with grocery shopping, and grows his own herbs in the garden.
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About a year ago, he also started baking bread every Sunday.
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And so then I've got lunches for the week for pizza, and I've got some focaccia, got
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some bread.
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Saving money on life's essentials.
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