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People are reeling from food prices, tons of avocados are dumped on the roadside in this country

Jan De Lai from Atherton, North Queensland, shared photos of thousands of avocados dumped on the cliff where she lives.

“The butter trucks are being dumped in Atherton!,” she wrote. “Surely they can be used as fodder or used to make oil? Poor farmers.”

Jim Kochi, a local farmer, told Seven News that producers in the area had begun planting more avocado trees in the last decade as demand from the posh cafes increased.

“Those trees are now being mass-produced,” he said. The cost of packaging the product, including labor, packaging and shipping costs, is not worth it. the choice is to throw them away.”

2GB radio host Ben Fordham explains it’s cheaper for farmers to throw away avocados than to send them to stores to sell, after sharing heartbreaking images of spilled avocados on his Facebook page .

“Increasing labor and shipping costs means they won’t make a profit and won’t be worth packing and shipping. Throwing them away is the cheapest and easiest option,” he wrote.

Australians have been shocked to see the amount of avocados thrown away, especially as food prices have skyrocketed across the country. They have spoken out on Facebook about the matter.

Deena Currie wrote: ‘Unbelievable how much food has gone to waste. It’s really heartbreaking when so many people are still starving.”

Rachel Anne Bendelle writes: “This happens every season. In the summer it’s strawberries. No one should go hungry in this country with so much overproduced food. and waste like that. We need to stop importing fresh produce from other countries and learn to eat what’s seasonally grown and available here like we used to.”

Lisa Murden writes: ‘This is what happens when farmers are forced to contract with big supermarket chains to survive and then the supermarket chains don’t want their products anymore.

Major Australian supermarkets predict food prices to rise by more than 12 per cent this year.

Ben Gilbert, retail analyst at investment bank Jarden, said the price increase at supermarkets will be huge as inflation continues to soar.

“The price increase was significantly larger than we expected,” Mr Gilbert said.

He also predicts inventory and sales at supermarkets will drop as they try to increase sales to accommodate more expensive supplies.

Some grocery items at major Australian supermarkets have increased by as much as 94 per cent, data released last month showed. Supermarkets admit they are forced to pass on inflated costs to customers and warn that the situation will only get worse.

Supermarket chain Coles has increased prices by more than 3.3% compared to the third quarter due to higher costs of transportation, fuel, meat and fresh vegetables. The “giant” warned costs could rise even higher in the coming months.

Woolworths has warned that 160 of the top 200 suppliers have raised the prices of their products. Suppliers are expected to ask for more over the next 12 months.

Nutritionists fear this situation will be detrimental to the health of Australians. Families struggling to make ends meet have turned to cheaper snacks.

A portion of lettuce at $5.50 is now more expensive than a $4 McDonald’s cheeseburger.

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