‘My coffee has gone up $6,500 a year’: Australian businesses emerging from Covid crisis struggle with food price hikes

Joanna Wilson, owner of John Gorilla cafe in Melbourne, says her business has had to deal with a 25% jump in milk prices and 60% rise for some vegetables over the past year. Photograph: Ellen Smith/The Guardian

Joanna Wilson, a Melbourne cafe owner, dreads opening a letter from one of her suppliers, knowing it likely will include a warning of yet another price increase.

Her business has already had to deal with a 25% jump in milk prices and 60% rise for some vegetables over the past year.