Cooking oil price surges hurt Australian takeaway outlets including fish and chips

The soaring cost of cooking oil has forced takeaway businesses to raise the price of fish and chips. Photograph: Geoffrey Swaine/REX/Shutterstock

Takeaway businesses are feeling the pinch as prices surge for cooking oil and potatoes – two key ingredients of an Australian staple: fish and chips.

Justin Quinton, the owner of Saltmine Fish and Chips in the New South Wales Hunter region, told Guardian Australia his Salamander Bay eatery previously used a blend of cottonseed, canola and sunflower oil.