House prices react to broader trends — so could rising grocery costs help first-home buyers?
- sophiewilliamssc
- Jun 14, 2022
- 1 min read
It's not their fault, but lettuces have been getting a bad rap of late.
They're in short supply and hot demand, with prices for icebergs rising above $10 in some cases following devastating flooding along the east coast.
And it's not just lettuces that are spiking — the cost of other basic groceries has also gone through the roof.
Compounding the supply issues are production and travel expenses linked to rising fuel and energy prices.
"What you're seeing at the moment is the [result] of global and environmental impacts," Franklin dos Santos, CEO of SA supermarket chain Foodland, told ABC Radio Adelaide.
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