With lower than a month till Christmas, some festive staples are set to change into costlier as labor shortages and excessive climate contribute to rising costs.
Oysters are among the many gadgets set to change into costlier and fewer in provide.
Tim and Terry Oyster Provide's Terry Arhontogiorgis stated there weren't sufficient oysters to go round and choices had been restricted.
"Mom nature has had quite a bit to do with it this 12 months, with all of the floods we now have had it has been very onerous for us to course of the quantity of oysters we want," he stated.
Nevertheless, on the pork entrance, Coles nationwide communications and media supervisor Martine Alpins stated there was loads of provide.
"With that Christmas ham, you may plan forward and purchase that now to get that huge merchandise out of the way in which," she stated.
Each Coles and Woolworths are promoting a half leg of ham at $8.50 a kilogram.
Cooked tiger prawns are cheaper than final 12 months, at Coles they're $28 per kilogram and Woolworths are providing frozen for $25.
Bob Toscano, of Toscano's High quality Fruiterers, stated when it got here to dessert, the climate had put a dampener on cherry high quality and costs.
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"It is quite a bit greater than final 12 months," he stated.
"Cherries will enhance in high quality, and that is essential, and the worth will go down."