A carbon tax was introduced in Australia 1 July 2012 (www.carbontax.net.au)
Australians have been assured the impact will be small, but I’m cynical enough to think it will be taken advantage of as an excuse to raise prices, (www.abc.net.au/news/2012-07-06/brumbys-boss-quits-over-carbon-tax-letter/4115044)
Here’s prices 1 month before the introduction of the world’s biggest carbon tax.
Coles – Broadway – 6 June 2012
Garlos family curry pie 550g $8.00
Coles – Surry Hills – 6 June 2012
Coles frozen corn 1kg $2.99
Coles frozen peas 1kg $1.99
Bega cheese slices 24 625g $7.50
Nimbin 500g block cheese $6.69
Sanitarium Up & Go 6x250ml $5.00 *special*
Uncle Toby Quick Oats 420g $4.95
Kelloggs Just Right 790g $6.00
Yeos Sesame oil 150ml $2.99
McKenzies split peas 500g $1.51
Berocca 45 pack $18.50
Juicy Isle 2L juice $2.00
bananas $2.98 / kg
Viva paper towels 3 pack $4.00
Coles – Bondi – 6 June 2012
Twinings tea bags 50 pack ($5.99) 2 for $7.00
Coles milk 3L $3.00
McVities Digestive biscuits 400g $3.89
Bic 4 colour pen 3 pack $7.50
Woolworths – Redfern – 24 June 2012
WW milk 3L $3.00
McVities digestive biscuits 400g $3.99
Uncle Toby’s oats 420g $4.95
Kelloggs Sustain 480g $4.99
Kelloggs Nutri grain 500 $5.99
Wonder white crumpets Hi Fibre 6 pack $1.57
Mt Franklin lightly sparkling water 1.25L $1.00 *special*
Extra juicy apple juice 2.4L $2.99
Woolworths pikelets 8 pack $1.99
Extra 28 piece chewing gum $3.20
Woolworths – Marrickville Metro – 28 June 2012
Port Stephens free range eggs 18 pack 900g $6.99
HOMEBRAND PEAS 1KG $1.99
Birds eye broccoli frozen 800g $4.99
WW select toilet paper long roll 12 pack $10.00
Ocean Blue smoked salmon 300g $11.99
Kleenex tissues 95 $2.49
WW baby wipes 480 pack $18.00
Fresh parsley $2.9
Parkers Pretzels 6 pack 150g $2.99
Rexona antiperspirant deo men clinical PR 45ml $15.74
Sunbeam sultanas 6x40g $2.98
Wiltshire poachies (bags to make poached eggs) $4.95
Sanitarium So Good Soy milk 1L $1.99
Hercules large sandwich bags 25 pack $2.29
Greens buttermilk shake pancake mix 325g $2.90
WW milk 3L $3.00
Clairol herbal essence shampoo 490 ml $8.99
Clairol herbal essence conditioner 490ml $8.99
Vita weat sunflower poppy rye 220g $3.95
Vita weat pumpkin sunflower 220g $3.95
McVities Digestive biscuits 400g $3.99
Kellogs Crispix 460g $6.49
Multix kitchen tidy bags rose large 60 pack $6.29
Santarium Weet bix 1.2kg $4.60
Half celery $1.49
Leek each $2.48
Carrots $1.45 / kg
Butternut pumpkin cut $3.98 / kg
Bornhoffen acidophilus Natural yogurt 1kg $5.69
Extra 28 piece chewing gum $3.20
Potatoes washed 2kg prepack $4.98
Bananas $2.98 / kg
Taylor Lee Mandarins $2.98 / kg
Nescafe coffee blend 43 300g $15.39
Exit Mould Trigger 500ml $5.99
Kelloggs Crunchy Nut Corn flakes 650g $4.99 *special*
Kelloggs Special K 535g $4.99 *special*
Birds eye steam fish lemon/parsley 360g $6.49
Kellogs Nutrigrain 500g $4.00 *special*
Hercules sandwich bags 120 pack $4.77
Arnotts Milk Coffee biscuits 250g $1.59
Arnotts Milk Arrowroot 250g $1.59
Masterfoods tomato sauce 500ml $2.29
Nudie firefighter cranberry raspberry juice 250ml $2.50
San Remo risoni 500g $1.99
Thins original salted chips 175g ($2.99) 2 for $4.00
Woolworths – Redfern – 29 June 2012
Finish Diswasher cleaner 250ml $6.79
Cuddly Fabric softner 300ml $2.39
Danone Activia yogurt 4x125g $3.99
Kraft peanut butter smooth 780g $7.99
Mighty Mite Three threes 290g $2.79
Nescafe Blend 43 500g $14.99
Kleenex 250 tissues $2.65
Massel Ultra stock cubes 105g $6.87
Sorbent toilet paper extra thick 8 pack $6.00
Guerilla Grocery Choice Australia 