Hello. I've been the sole buyer of food from supermarkets for...

Hello. I've been the sole buyer of food from supermarkets for the last 20 years. While rice increased in price, probably mostly due to the ASX listing of Sunrice, i have not noticed any significant rises in food prices, although for some reason olive oil has gone nuts in price. I shop prudently, buy rice when it is on special, and many other non-fresh items. As I posted already, the cost of living crisis is related to HOUSING. I have no housing issues therefore I simply notice food price are reasonable.

I don't drive a car but if petrol & gas prices have risen, this is obviously related to Australia's war on Russia. Its all in the governments hands. When interest rates were always 7% to 14%, we didn't complain about cost of living.

Low interest rates cause housing prices to rise & an unregulated housing market simply causes those with access to debt capital to outbid others.

We now live in the dog eat dog world of the chosen people.