A Coles shopper has vented their frustration after spending close to $100 for a measly haul of groceries.
The customer anonymously shared a photo on X showing the 14 items they had purchased from their local supermarket on Sunday.
‘It’s not easy under Albanese’s cost of living crisis,’ the caption read.
‘Today I bought some basics: salt, rinse aid, dishwasher detergent, toilet cleaner, milk, carrots, raspberries, chicken, rump steak, stewing beef, lamb shanks, pork, and three potatoes. What do you think it cost?’
The customer shared another photo of their receipt, revealing the items cost $97.28.
‘Food is up about 25 per cent Albanese came to power, electricity is about 30 per cent, gas is incalculable, insurance is up,’ they wrote.
‘Albanese’s inflation is eating you alive. Are your wages keeping up?’
Some social media users were furious about the sky-high prices, while others just suggested that the person shop elsewhere.
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A customer shared a photo of the 14 items they purchased from Coles on X on Sunday
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the customer shared a photo of their receipt, revealing that their groceries were $97.28
‘Stop buying from supermarkets. Support your local fruit and veg and butcher,’ one commented.
Another wrote: ‘Most serious budgeters shop around, ALDI is my mainstay I walk further to get there but get more bang for my buck’.
A third person chimed in: ‘We do a weekly shop struggling to not go over $300’.
A fourth person added: ‘It’s an absolute joke’.
One more wrote: ‘Keep voting for the major parties that’s what you get’.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has come under fire as Aussies become increasingly fed-up with the cost-of-living crisis.
Mr Albanese took to X last Tuesday to remind Australians they would be receiving a higher pay cheque after his reworked stage three tax cuts kicked in on July 1.
Many social media users said the increase in pay was offset by the rising cost-of-living that Labor has presided over in the last few years.
‘Quick reminder – your pay now purchases less than it did a year ago,’ one person fired back.
‘My overall net pay went up $55 -a-week YAY!! My rent went up $40-a-week the week before, let alone my car insurance, groceries, petrol, and car rego,’ another person said.
‘Tell me again how you are addressing the cost of living crisis.’
Under Labor’s revised stage three tax cuts, Aussies received a boost to their monthly pay.
The saving depends on tax brackets but federal government analysis shows the average full-time worker earning around $98,220 will be getting a cut of $2134 a year, or $41 a week.
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