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'Prices don’t go back': How did grocery costs see their biggest rise in five years?

A person pushing a shopping cart in a grocery store aisle.

A shopper looks at the meat section inside a Woolworths grocery store in Brisbane, Tuesday, April 19, 2011. (AAP Image/Dave Hunt) NO ARCHIVING Source: AAP / Dave Hunt

Grocery spend has recorded its biggest annual increase in five years, with comparison company Canstar Blue's supermarket survey from customers showing the average weekly bill for a family of four up 11 per cent, from $216 to $240.


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