Parents sacrificing meals to keep their children fed has become the norm for some Australians struggling to pay for their weekly essentials.
Rising prices at supermarkets are forcing more lower income households to spend up to a quarter of their total income on groceries, according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
More than 13,000 Australians have responded to an ongoing survey by the consumer watchdog as part of their inquiry into supermarkets price gouging.
