Produce prices have soared at supermarkets across Australia amid coronavirus panic buying that has left shelves bare. At Woolworths in Sydney's CBD, cucumbers were priced at $7.90 per kilo, while tomatoes were selling for $8.90 per kilo. Prices for vegetables were not much cheaper at the Cannon Hill Coles, where tomatoes were selling for as high as $9.90 a kilo. It comes as panic buying have left supplies of rice, pasta, beef mince and other essentials worryingly low. Coles, Woolworths and Aldi have all imposed strict limits on purchasing toilet paper, hand sanitiser and non perishable goods like pasta and rice in recent weeks.

Source: Daily Mail March 20, 2020 23:29 UTC