Yesterday it started, food price thefts as are result of the floods.
I bought 9 peaces for $9.40 big price sign easy to read.
Then 9 nectarines no price on display,thought about the same.
at the pay station it turned out to be about $2.20each.$14 a kg
You know the fruit,not yet ripe just out of the cool room, may have been in there for a year.
We are about to pay very high prices for fruit and vegs.
And quite often those prices will be fraudulent.
For a week, just one, monitor what it says on the label and what you pay,count your change, in the week it will teach you a truth.
Buyer be aware is very much good advice.

I hope you said no thanks and left them at the shop.

I know that fruit is good for you but you can go without for a few weeks. We survived the banana fiasco years ago. Fruit does come in other forms as well as fresh.

I did leave them, on the counter after lining up paying my bill walked out sat down and read.
Then took them back demanded a refund.
Was able to prove no price on display, and questioned the honesty involved others seemed to agree.
We will however pay much more and for a year at least, crops do not grow over night.
I eat a lot of fruit, my own in season but not now.
The point to the story is the fraud like extra costs ,something not affected by floods properly in cold storage much before.
However know please,during the last oil price surge, the next and the one after,massive price rises see oil already in the storage tank rise[illegally] too.
Some unaware shoppers can be shafted for a great deal .
I got my nectarines today, slight damage due to floods $6.40 a kg.
If you wish to kill your pet dog go and pay $6.00 for a pack of fat called bones at those two big shops.
If you love them, buy chicken necks for $3.20 a kg.
Trust me it pays to be aware.

Belly:

I've just paid $7.00 for a punnet of strawberries, and $4.00 each for two mangoes. However, I am expecting the prices to go up. The fruit was for my mother-in-law, who's in a nursing home. I bring her fruit every time I visit - (she really looks forward to it). And high prices or not, I'll keep on buying it for her.

Good one Lexi I had that job for months with my mum and she got her favorites no matter the price.
We know it will get worse my concern is some will use the crisis to thieve from us.