Why buying frozen peas is a 調印する you are struggling financially

By Stephen Johnson, 経済的なs Reporter For Daily Mail Australia

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Australia's cost of living?危機 is now so bad low-income earners are spending a ４半期/4分の1 of their 支払う／賃金 on groceries - and even skipping meals to 生き残る.

A new Australian 競争 and 消費者 （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限 報告（する）／憶測 has also 示唆するd those who buy frozen peas are in trouble financially.

'世帯s have also told the ACCC that to 減ずる their grocery 法案s they are spending more time shopping around for 貯金, 代用品，人ing fresh food with frozen, and cutting 支援する on 非，不，無-必須の items,' it said on Thursday.

Frozen peas from Birds 注目する，もくろむ and McCain are selling for $6 a キログラム, but Woolworths is 申し込む／申し出ing a 500 gram home brand 同等（の） for $2.50, working out at $5 a キログラム.?

That is 意味ありげに cheaper than the $24.99 price per キログラム for fresh, unshelled peas at Whole Farms Market.?

But those weren't the only sacrifices to be 明らかにする／漏らすd from a 15-minute online 調査する of 13,000 people, so far, that is running until April 2.

A new Australian Competition and Consumer Commission report has also suggested those who buy frozen peas are in trouble financially

A new Australian 競争 and 消費者 （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限 報告（する）／憶測 has also 示唆するd those who buy frozen peas are in trouble financially

'Some people have also 報告（する）／憶測d skipping meals or sacrificing meals to 料金d children 適切に,' the ACCC said.

'Many younger Australians and lower income 世帯s are spending up to one-４半期/4分の1 of their 逮捕する income on groceries.'

Australia's are already considered to be in mortgage 強調する／ストレス when they are spending 30 per cent of more of their 支払う／賃金 on 月毎の 返済s - and that's before 税金.

To spend a ４半期/4分の1 of 支払う／賃金 on supermarket items, after 税金, 示唆するs the cost of living 危機 is 影響する／感情ing more than just those with a mortgage, even though インフレーション?i s 穏健なing.?

The 消費者 regulator is 診察するing the cost of living 危機 as part of an 調査 into supermarkets.

インフレーション 穏健なd in February to 3.4 per cent, putting it only marginally above the Reserve Bank's 2 to 3 per cent 的, new Australian Bureau of 統計（学） data 解放（する）d on Wednesday showed.

Australia's cost of living crisis is now so bad low-income earners are spending a quarter of their pay on groceries and even skipping meals to survive (pictured is a Woolworths shopper in Sydney)

Australia's cost of living 危機 is now so bad low-income earners are spending a ４半期/4分の1 of their 支払う／賃金 on groceries and even skipping meals to 生き残る (pictured is a Woolworths shopper in Sydney)

But タバコ prices 急に上がるd by 10.7 per cent in the year to February, even before the 最新の excise 増加する.?

穀物-based foods are still dear with cereal and bread prices climbing by 7 per cent over the year.

This was 二塁打 the 3.6 per cent price 増加する for food and 非，不，無-アル中患者 drink prices.

Breakfast foods are getting more expensive at the checkout, with Coles selling Kellogg's Crunchy Nut Corn Flakes in a 640-gram pack for $10.

A new Australian Competition and Consumer Commission report has revealed struggling consumers are now swapping fresh fruit and vegetables for frozen food (pictured is a stock image)

A new Australian 競争 and 消費者 （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限 報告（する）／憶測 has 明らかにする／漏らすd struggling 消費者s are now swapping fresh fruit and vegetables for frozen food (pictured is a 在庫／株 image)

The same money buys a 740-gram pack of Kellogg's Just 権利.

Those who have milk with their corn flakes are also in for a rude shock, with 酪農場 prices up 4.2 per cent.

A two-litre A2 瓶／封じ込める of milk is $6.90 at Woolworths, or $3.45 a litre.

Supermar ket 巨大（な）s Coles and Woolworths have recently 非難するd higher 生産／産物 costs for 製品 sizes 縮むing, even though the price has either stayed the same or gone up.?

This followed 消費者 group CHOICE 明らかにする／漏らすing the extent of 'shrinkflation'.?

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