Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: JAB Newsgroups: misc.news.internet.discuss Subject: Re: Headlines from today Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2025 19:12:59 -0600 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <67b2109c$6$15$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> Reply-To: JAB MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2025 02:13:02 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="0f6b7f791c1846f2829c555e8505447f"; logging-data="893510"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/tAPgNzAHOMxP3Edx674Ol" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:L8DvUIMuyvf6nK2dD9JAldbBfTA= Bytes: 1951 On 16 Feb 2025 16:21:48 GMT, Retrograde wrote: >high grocery prices Coming sooner or later to US...from down under. Cost-of-living pressures are creating new shopping habits .... Professor Mortimer said consumers were also willing to shop around rather than just buy all their groceries from the one outlet. ... Mr McClellan has also made other lifestyle changes. "I bought a motorbike to save on fuel ... we try to eat as cheaply as possible; no extra food or snacks or anything," he said. .... There is evidence consumers are also cutting back on discretionary spending. .... "When families are now more focused on putting food on the table, putting fuel in the car, paying rent and servicing mortgages, there is less disposable income to spend on other things," Professor Mortimer said. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-16/cost-of-living-pressures-are-changing-our-shopping-habits/104864490