The Canberra Grocery Price Watch will be shining a spotlight on grocery prices in ACT over the next few months. I will be monitoring the price of a basket of goods including; bread, milk, eggs, bananas and lamb chops, at local Woolworths and Coles supermarkets and comparing the prices of the same branded items.
Keep up to date with the latest grocery prices by checking this page at the start of each week.
9 October 2007
| Coles: (Manuka) | Woolworths: (Dickson) |
| Bread – $2.58 | Bread – $3.39 |
| Milk – $1.79 | Milk – $1.78 |
| Eggs -$4.99 | Eggs – $4.75 |
| Bananas – $2.98/kg | Bananas – $2.96/kg |
| Lamb Chops – $9.99/kg | Lamb Chops – $5.95/kg |
| TOTAL: $22.33 | TOTAL: $18.83 |
24 September 2007
| Coles: (Gungahlin) | Woolworths: (Gungahlin) |
| Bread – $3.39 | Bread – $3.28 |
| Milk – $1.79 | Milk – $1.78 |
| Eggs -$5.55 | Eggs – $5.38 |
| Bananas – $2.99/kg | Bananas – $3.97/kg |
| Lamb Chops – $7.97/kg | Lamb Chops – $7.95/kg |
| TOTAL: $21.69 | TOTAL: $22.36 |
17 September 2007
| Coles: (Gungahlin) | Woolworths: (Dickson) |
| Bread – $3.39 | Bread – $3.39 |
| Milk – $1.79 | Milk – $1.78 |
| Eggs -$5.55 | Eggs – $4.85 |
| Bananas – $2.99/kg | Bananas – $2.99/kg |
| Lamb Chops – not available (average cost $6.95/kg) | Lamb Chops – $9.99/kg |
| TOTAL: $20.67 | TOTAL: $23.00 |
14 September 2007
| Coles: (Jamison) |
| Bread – $2.98 |
| Milk – $1.79 |
| Eggs – $5.96 |
| Bananas – $2.98/kg |
| Lamb Chops – $5.96/kg |
| TOTAL: $19.67 |
10 September 2007
| Coles: (Manuka) | Woolworths: (Dickson) |
| Bread – $2.58 | Bread – $3.39 |
| Milk – $1.79 | Milk – $1.78 |
| Eggs -$5.38 | Eggs – $5.96 |
| Bananas – $3.98/kg | Bananas – $3.44/kg |
| Lamb Chops – $5.45/kg | Lamb Chops – $4.98/kg |
| TOTAL: $19.18 | TOTAL: $19.55 |
3 September 2007
| Coles: (Gungahlin) | Woolworths: (Dickson) |
| Bread – $3.39 | Bread – $3.39 |
| Milk – $1.79 | Milk – $1.78 |
| Eggs -$5.55 | Eggs – $4.73 |
| Bananas – $3.39/kg | Bananas – $1.99/kg |
| Lamb Chops – $7.97/kg | Lamb Chops – $6.45/kg |
| TOTAL: $22.68 | TOTAL: $18.34 |
27 August 2007
| Coles: (Tuggeranong) | Woolworths: (Belconnen) |
| Bread – $3.45 | Bread – $3.29 |
| Milk – $1.79 | Milk – $1.78 |
| Eggs -$5.38 | Eggs – $5.38 |
| Bananas -$4.98/kg | Bananas – $3.71/kg |
| Lamb Chops – $6.45/kg | Lamb Chops – $9.99/kg |
| TOTAL: $22.05 | TOTAL: $24.15 |
20 August 2007
| Coles: (Gungahlin) | Woolworths: (Gungahlin) |
| Bread – $3.29 | Bread – $3.29 |
| Milk – $1.79 | Milk – $1.78 |
| Eggs -$5.00 | Eggs – $5.38 |
| Bananas -$5.98/kg | Bananas – $4.99/kg |
| Lamb Chops – $7.99/kg | Lamb Chops – $9.99/kg |
| TOTAL: $24.05 | TOTAL: $25.43 |
14 August 2007
| Coles: (Gungahlin) | Woolworths: (Dickson) |
| Bread – $3.29 | Bread – $3.29 |
| Milk – $1.79 | Milk – $1.69 |
| Eggs -$5.00 | Eggs – $5.38 |
| Bananas -$6.98/kg | Bananas – $5.98/kg (0.563) |
| Lamb Chops – $7.97/kg | Lamb Chops – $6.45 (1.086) |
| TOTAL: $25.03 | TOTAL: $22.79 |
ACT Labor Senate candidates to keep watch on local grocery prices
Today Senator Kate Lundy and Peter Conway, ACT Labor’s second Senate candidate, launched a price watch into the price of groceries in the ACT.
The local price watch will track the prices of basic food items such as milk, bread, bananas, eggs and meat over the coming weeks to keep a close watch on grocery prices at our major supermarkets.
“The fact is that balancing the household budget is getting harder and harder – with grocery bills, child care, petrol prices and housing. The costs of basic household goods ought to be closely monitored.” Peter Conway said.
“When the price of fruit jumps by over 8% and vegetables increased by 6% over the past quarter, it shows that families in Canberra, and across Australia, are under increasing financial pressure”, Senator Lundy said.
“Federal Labor understands the financial pressures on Australian families. That’s why Kevin Rudd has announced plans that would see the consumer price watchdog monitor grocery prices for the first time” Senator Lundy added.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) already monitors the price of other household costs such as petrol, utilities and bank fees.
Under Kevin Rudd’s plan a Federal Labor Government will:
- Strengthen the role of the ACCC to monitor supermarket prices to make sure that families are getting a fair deal; and
- Direct the ACCC to conduct a National Grocery Pricing Inquiry to report to the Government within six months, taking submissions from individuals, consumer groups, retailers, businesses along the supply chain and other interested parties.
The ACCC will also set up a dedicated website to publish this pricing snapshot. This act will serve to increase transparency in the market place and exert greater competitive pressure on the retail market.
Local grocery prices will be updated at the start of each week at http://www.katelundy.com.au, just click on the grocery price watch links.
Contact: Rachel Allen – 0418 488 295 or Peter Conway – 0418 627 501
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Hi Kate,
I have found your site and thought it was very interesting comparing the prices of those groceries. I was wondering if you had a price comparison of these products for October 2006 and July 2008 as they were the months my daughters were born. I would love to have an idea of these products as a keep sake of prices when they were born to compare how they have changed over the years they have grown up. Would you be able to email me if you have them or could let me know where abouts i could locate grocery prices of these months/years.
Thank you!
Rachael