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Milk, bread prices to increase within weeks due to war in Iran (www.abc.net.au)
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Regional areas will be hit hardest by the price rises, as more fuel is required to transport goods further distances from metropolitan distribution centres.

"The cost of fuel and fertiliser is flowing through the supply chain, and we're going to see in metro areas probably a 2 or 3 per cent increase across the board," market analyst and director of Episode 3, Matt Dalgleish, said.

"We're seeing record prices for diesel, and that's what most of Australia's freight runs on.

"In regional areas it could get higher, maybe 10 per cent, depending on how remote the area is and how stretched the supply chain is."

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[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 1 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

heavens fucking forfend the supermarkets dint their profits slightly absorbing an increase in operating costs.

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Thankfully just in time procurement let's them keep the line going up without having to pay undue warehousing costs (instead passing storage and transport on to consumers, seeing as it's in our best interest to hoard due to 'supply chain issues', [go for tinned], you knew about that right?) /s

Thus making us fragile to disruptions like this (see also offshoring petroleum refining [as much as I hate fossil fuels, if Australia exports more crude than it uses, shouldn't we be immune to this shit, but no globalisation means it's cheaper to refine overseas due to low labour cost]).

Labor, one term of going full throttle on locally making solar cells and batteries (we have all the raw materials, [steal or buy, IDC, but I'd like steal better, China'd do us ] the processing tech ) and you'll get 3 terms with the Greens and electorate backing you.

[–] teft@piefed.social 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I’m not australian but i did work for a food wholesaler. Supermarkets operate on razor thin margins. Usually between 0.5 and 2% margin. Absorbing costs will cause them to go out of business.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

As a non-australian you might wanna google "Colesworth"

EBIT margins alone are roughly 5–6% but those two cunts are ranked amongst the most profitable globally.

Woolies does au and nz. Coles is an Australian-exclusive operation. And they're still among the most profitable in the world.