Sardines have been my go to for a long time 89 cents a can at Aldi, but recently with the squeeze on budgets, the cheap high protein fish are in short supply. I did see that even though there are none on the shelf the price has jumped to $1.40 a can, just like coles and woolies.. no such thing as retail price maintenance, it is illegal.. so it must just be a co incidence.
And I am thinking when stock is available I am sure it will leap even further.. again not because there is gouging going on.. heavens no. It is probably because the sardines have been caught in the gulf of Hormuz and had to pay a ransom to get out. I am at a loss over so many blatant money grabs, and all the time the watchdog, is asleep.
I have no idea why we have such an organisation, the prosecution of gouging supermarkets has gone very quiet after the threatened sanction a year back, what is the holdup, why are we not fining the living shit out of over charging.. If the government was even mildly interested in helping out the struggling mortgage holders surely some action is warranted.