The everyday supermarket foods Aussies have stopped eating due to ‘absurd’ price hikes: ‘Repulsive’

Shoppers are fed up with naming the food and grocery items they’ve had to give up amid rising price increases across the country.

Listing the everyday items in a budget-themed Reddit thread, Aussies agreed that ice cream, steak and fresh berries were among the first to be cut from their supermarket stores when the cost of living crisis hit.

Many admitted that they used to have no problem paying for takeaway food on a Friday evening, but now that too has been cut from countless household budgets.

“What did you stop doing because it became too expensive?” asked a struggling customer on the platform.

‘Potato chips. They’ve gone crazy,” someone replied.

“Doritos. The price increase plus shrinking inflation has been disgustingly drastic,” another agreed.

Listing the everyday items in a budget-themed Reddit thread, Australians agreed that ice cream, chips, steak and fresh berries were among the first to be cut from their supermarket stores when the cost of living crisis hit

Breakfast cereals were also frequently mentioned, especially ‘outrageously priced’ name brand cereals.

‘Grain. A box of cereal cost between $7 and $9 at the grocery store. That and one of the CEOs of Kellogg’s told people to ‘just eat cereal for dinner’ because of inflation… yeah, no,” one person wrote.

Another complained about the skyrocketing price of olive oil and said they have given up on purchasing this cooking product altogether.

Daily Mail Australia previously revealed that the average price of olive oil has increased by 100 percent between 2021 and 2024 due to drought and fires in Europe.

There is also a shortage of Australian olive oil due to a poor fruit harvest last season, causing prices to rise along with the Mediterranean shortage.

Takeaway and home delivery meals have also received a boost in many households.

‘McDonald’s. I don’t know why they still have a $1 menu if nothing says $1,” another commented

One complained about the skyrocketing price of olive oil and said they had given up on purchasing this cooking product altogether

“My Friday night tradition used to be delivering pizza and wine. Now it’s frozen or homemade pizza and wine,” one woman said.

‘McDonald’s. I don’t know why they still have a $1 menu if nothing says $1,” another commented.

‘Fast food, especially ordering via apps like Uber Eats. Service and delivery fees are charged more than the actual food,” a third wrote.

‘Eating out has generally become too expensive. Combine that with the decline in quality and service and it quickly becomes a special occasion,” one woman agreed.

A chicken wing lover said he has also fallen victim to the cost of living and had to sacrifice his favorite snack.

“It used to be food for the poor people and a lot of places had specials like $0.50 wings. Now it’s about $2 per wing, not including sides. The place I work has fantastic wings and I get half off. “I still don’t think it’s worth paying for it,” he said.

Other supermarket purchases that people have given up include name brand breakfast cereals, chicken wings, takeaway pizza and coffee and ready-made salads

Ready-made salads are also cut.

‘I used to buy a salad at the local supermarket on the way home from work or for a quick lunch. It used to cost $6.50 but now it costs $13 for the exact same salad,” one woman wrote.

Another said they used to be able to cook a steak once or twice a week, but they could no longer afford it.

“The beef I buy now consists of the bad parts that can only be saved by cooking it slowly,” they said.

‘I’ve also stopped buying pork and lamb. My favorite meat now is chicken thighs because I can buy it in bulk and the macros aren’t terrible.”

A beer lover has also reduced his guilty evening pleasure, but admitted that this is not such a bad thing.

‘I buy beer in six-packs and not in twelve-packs. I only drink on the weekends, if at all. These reductions aren’t that unhealthy, are they?’