Rising food prices hit every supermarket aisle putting pressure on low-income families

Soaring cost of produce in Australia has exacerbated health inequality' and leads researchers to call for farmers to be subsidised

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The price of food has continued to rise, with new data showing that every supermarket aisle has been hit by hikes, not just fruit and vegetables.

The soaring prices have led researchers to call on the federal government to help subsidise growers, amid concerns it's costing some lower socioeconomic families 40% of their income to buy a week's worth of healthy food.

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