Get Used to Food Shortages: Chicken, Dairy, Veggie Prices Predicted to Rise Again

franco cozzo on 28/08/2022 - 06:20

Australians have been warned to get used to food shortages, with experts predicting more price rises for grocery staples such as chicken, dairy products, oils and leafy vegetables as another La Nina event is forecast, threatening to result in bare supermarket shelves.

Food producers have been forced to pass on price increases to customers as they grapple with higher input and raw material costs as a result of Russia’s war on Ukraine, while worker shortages across the supply chain lead employers to higher overtime or temporary wage rates.

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  • franco cozzo on 28/08/2022 - 06:27
    +1

    “We can expect now that this year it might be a bushfire, next year it will be a flood, god knows when a hurricane or a typhoon will come and hit the wrong place. [We’re] not preparing for the end of the world, but prepare for these disruptions becoming more frequent … and learn to live with that.”

    ….more shrink-flation, empty shelves and massive price hikes incoming. batten down the hatches ozbargainers…!

    • mapax on 28/08/2022 - 07:09
      +12

      2019 - It’s just a conspiracy theory
      2020 - It’s only temporary due to panic buyers
      2021 - It’s only temporary due to covid
      2022 - It’s only temporary due to Russia
      2023 - It’s only temporary due the current thing
      2026 - It’s always been this way…

      • franco cozzo on 28/08/2022 - 07:16
        +5

        388 million to ukraine for military assistance!

        • EightImmortals on 28/08/2022 - 07:34

          Hey it's only our tax money, get back to work slave.

        • Clear on 28/08/2022 - 07:40
          +2

          Only 388? They need a lot more than that.

  • EightImmortals on 28/08/2022 - 07:36

    Tip of the iceberg as far as the war on food is going.

    The iceagefarmer (youtube) has been keeping tabs on it for last few years and even The Highwire show this week did a good summary of current world events.

    You vill eat ze bugz und you vill be happy.

  • SBOB on 28/08/2022 - 07:38
    +4

    Increased numbers of natural disasters. How are you going to prevent those? Climate change isn't an issue according to many.

    Monetary inflation. What did you think would happen when governments handed out trillions of dollars in attempt to prevent worldwide recessions? Kicked the can down the road a while and softened the landing a bit, but it's not a surprise.

    Russian invasion into Ukraine. How are you going to prevent this? Just tell Ukraine to give up? Putin is a "genius" according to some, so not much the rest of the world can do unless you're fine with countries just being invaded by any large neighbouring country? Strange stance considering our closest neighbours.

    But considering you're on ozb you're already ahead of the curve in fiscal responsibility and getting better than inflation levels of value out of your money. What's the worry :)

  • SausagesPizza on 28/08/2022 - 08:10
    +7

    This is being normalised in our society.

    Welcome to the New Normal NWO.

    • franco cozzo on 29/08/2022 - 08:34

      germany's utility costs just went up 700%
      many uk residents can no longer afford heating
      italian queuing in the streets for basic food staples
      ….how long until we have these issues here

  • morse on 28/08/2022 - 09:03
    +9

    Take up fishing, grow your own veggies.

    Honestly though I think whilst some rising costs are unavoidable, there’s a lot of hype and marketing around food shortages to get people to accept price rises.

    In reality a lot of people will just stop buying some things if they are too expensive and competition, supply/demand will help to to adjust. A lot of more expensive food from the supermarket just gets marked down, donated or thrown out. If they aren’t profiting they’ll adjust pricing.

    • orangetrain on 28/08/2022 - 09:53

      Avoid growing food in Sydney due to lead levels in soil.

      I guess fishing is okay despite sewage runoffs and mercury levels. Oh wait..

      • morse on 28/08/2022 - 10:06
        +2

        It depends what part of Sydney and how you grow your veg but for sure lead can be an issue, you can test your soil. Mercury in fish is usually only an issue with shark, tuna and orange roughie, which wouldn’t be a big issue for shore based anglers (defeats the cost saving having a boat. Realistically if you’re buying veggies and fish you have no way of knowing what the lead and mercury levels are either. Anyway my point was there are other ways if things get desperate- I suspect it won’t get that bad though.

      • [Deactivated] on 28/08/2022 - 14:51
        +1

        Try raised garden beds if that's an issue. Also not everywhere in Sydney is contaminated.
        Hardest part is actually growing the plant. You can't just suddenly become a pro and grow all the veges to sustain yourself as most people nowadays don't have any proper gardening knowledge or experience at all.

        • morse on 29/08/2022 - 03:25

          Whilst I agree with you. I don’t think the point is to grow all your own veggies straight away or even ever. But if people do a small amount of veggies that would otherwise be expensive it means not being 100% reliant on supermarkets. I prefer to grow stuff that takes minimal effort or cost but might be expensive to buy and yields enough to actually avoid buying some veggies. Snowpeas have been a great crop this year.

      • dust on 28/08/2022 - 17:32

        Raised garden beds is an option.

  • dogboy on 28/08/2022 - 09:50

    Not to mention the heatwave in China causing havoc and worldwide impacts on food, etc.

    • MrThing on 28/08/2022 - 13:16

      what person in Australia would buy grown or made in china food???????

      • Darude Sandstorm on 28/08/2022 - 13:46

        Almost everyone…

      • orangetrain on 28/08/2022 - 16:07

        Have you ordered out? The food is likely from cheapest places, why would food from China be an exception?

      • morse on 29/08/2022 - 03:28

        It’s more what China will now have to import, so global demand and prices will increase. Same amount of people in the world, less food to go around.

  • Michael1983 on 28/08/2022 - 10:50
    +4

    How is chicken, salad and potatoes farming in Australia are referenced to the deoccupation of Ukraine from USA NATO muppets regime by Russia?

    • GrueHunter on 28/08/2022 - 16:17
      +1

      potatoes

      Nobody said "potatoes", Michael. Do try to stop making things up.

      How is chicken…referenced

      We'd try to explain the supply chain implications of locking up a quarter of the world's total wheat supply (and 60% of sunflower oil exports, and 30% of barley exports, and a significant section of the fertiliser market) but "implications" has four syllables.

    • orangetrain on 28/08/2022 - 16:17
      +1

      Okay, those blue/yellow ads we run to support this popular Ukraine side are so expensive. We need to hike up our product prices! That's why everything costs more /s

  • Kongzi on 28/08/2022 - 11:36

    No more Ukraine lol

  • Ghost47 on 28/08/2022 - 11:54
    +2

    Climate change is already here despite what people want to believe.

    • franco cozzo on 29/08/2022 - 08:32

      this is not solely climate change that is driving these price increases

      • Ghost47 on 29/08/2022 - 10:48

        as another La Nina event is forecast

        I would say climate change is a factor driving these increases. I didn’t say climate change was the only cause, although since I didn’t mention the war I guess it could have been construed that way.

  • Dave Bowman on 28/08/2022 - 12:01

    You will eat the bugs.

    • franco cozzo on 29/08/2022 - 08:31
      -1

      theyre wont be many other options it looks like

  • Mokr on 28/08/2022 - 12:30
    +2

    Yeah prices have increased by avocados still cheap

    As long as you choose seasonal you be fine

  • Bonsaichop on 28/08/2022 - 12:54
    -1

    Get over it. I'm really sick of hearing this fear mongering like as if it's a complete surprise how cheap everything is and how good people have it compared to decades gone by. Prices go up they're more expensive than they were 10, 20, 30+ years ago. People have had it too good for too long and now are shocked to realise things cost money to produce. Shock horror!

    Curb your frivolous spending and you'll be fine. The solution starts from yourself not being a sook and expecting the world to change for you.

    • franco cozzo on 29/08/2022 - 08:31
      -1

      i ncoming empty shelves, shrinkflation and unaffordable food for many….but yeah "get over it"

      • Bonsaichop on 29/08/2022 - 14:47
        -4

        Yep, get over it. The problem is you.

        • franco cozzo on 29/08/2022 - 16:15
          -2

          sure mate …..you can eat my ration bugs of bugs & synthetic meats when the time comes

          • Bonsaichop on 29/08/2022 - 16:45
            -4

            @franco cozzo: Keep them and enjoy living in fear of your own unwillingness to adapt and survive. The rest of us who don't just give up and expect someone else to solve our problems for us will be fine.

            • franco cozzo on 29/08/2022 - 17:16
              -1

              @Bonsaichop: adapt by paying 50% on essential groceries and not eating because the shelves are empty….great plan!

              • SBOB on 29/08/2022 - 17:26

                @franco cozzo:

                great plan!

                So what do you see are the contributing factors to current food price inflation and what solutions do you think would resolve them?

                If adapting is such a "great plan" clearly you must have less sarcastically toned "great plan" alternative would could get behind?

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