Dominic Marino, manager of Marino Bros, is seeing the highest produce prices in 30 years. The produce company, located in Melbourne's western suburbs, is one of many businesses currently weathering a difficult produce season. Prices are becoming so high that many businesses wouldn't survive faced with lower margins and higher costs.
For Marino Bros, the rise in inflation has been just another blow. "The sad thing now is we are experiencing more pain in the past six months than the past two years during COVID-19," Marino said. "Being in this game for 30 years, I have never experienced the pain of trying to buy vegetables like this. The highest bidder that will now pay for the veggies and it's sad to say."
Marino says the high prices are being influenced by a number of factors, including Victoria's unusual weather patterns and Queensland's floods. He anticipates that the high prices for products will continue over the coming weeks.
Source: 9news.com.au