Overview

• Canstar Blue polled about 2,800 shoppers in August and found the average weekly grocery spend for a four-person household climbed from $216 to $240 year-on-year.
• Aldi secured its eighth consecutive ‘Most Satisfied Customer’ award with five-star ratings for value, freshness, store experience and own-brand quality.
• More than 80% of respondents said they altered shopping habits to curb costs, including comparing unit prices and choosing marked-down or in-season items.
• Sixty-one percent of shoppers now visit two or more supermarkets weekly and 41% regularly shop specialty outlets like butchers and greengrocers for better deals.
• Official data shows food and non-alcoholic beverage prices rose by about 3% to June, while fruit and vegetable costs increased by 4.6% over the same period.