Everything has gone up.
I believe its because we are now paying the cost of covid.
Companies like Coles and Woolies will recoup that cost. Just 1 example, they paid workers standing their wiping down trolley handles and pointing customers to hand sanitation. Who is going to pay for that. The customer. I cant even imagine the cost of PPE during the period, the hardware that needed to be installed in thousands of supermarkets. Thats just 1 cost of many.
We are told there was a potato shortage because of floods. Floods last summer and still the prices are sky high. Chips in supermarkets are ridiculously expensive. Coles has doubled the amount of shelves where I live for chips, go figure.
As for oil companies or service stations, when have they ever cared about their customers. Cant even imagine the loss of profits for them during covid. No doubt they will do everything to recoup those costs in coming years. Just an assumption but it will probably turn out more profitable for them in the long run. Some been around for what a hundred years and had to weather a couple of years of covid. Once covid losses are re-couped prices wont be dropping. Its like the Gateway Bridge in Brisbane. Apparently the bridge was paid for year ago yet there is still a toll.
Or perhaps my tin foil hat was made to tight.
