This week, the heads of major supermarket chains Coles and Woolworths both issued dire warnings over the rising cost of groceries.

With COVID wreaking havoc on global supply chains and the Ukraine crisis driving oil prices back up, inflation is back on the menu, and wage growth is failing to keep pace.

Today on Please Explain, Senior economics correspondent Shane Wright joins Dominic Powell to discuss the issue of rising inflation and its impact on our weekly shop.

This week, the heads of major supermarket chains Coles and Woolworths both issued dire warnings over the rising cost of groceries.
With COVID wreaking havoc on global supply chains and the Ukraine crisis driving oil prices back up, inflation is back on the menu, and wage growth is failing to keep pace.
Today on Please Explain, Senior economics correspondent Shane Wright joins Dominic Powell to discuss the issue of rising inflation and its impact on our weekly shop.

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition

The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

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