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Pandemic panic buying may have driven up prices of essential items at the supermarket permanently.
A Deakin University study of 7,000 grocery items found some items that were stripped from the shelves before lockdowns still cost much more than in 2019.
The cost of panic buying favourites such as dried pasta is up 15 per cent, and long-life milk costs three per cent more.
Pandemic panic buying may have driven up prices of essential items at the supermarket permanently, a study by Deakin University has found
Fresh fruit is up seven per cent, while oils are up four per cent, the study also found.
It tracked the prices of 7,000 items at Coles and Woolworths over the past three years.
The study's authors said other factors contributing to price rises included the shortage of seasonal fruit and vegetable pickers.
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