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(By Liana Hanley and Tiffany Breed - Bond University Students)
Local grocery stores said they were all trying to find ways to meet the community's needs.
IGA store manager Steve Guthire said IGA carried products other stores did not offer.
“We carry products that other stores don’t carry, like American products ... we can stock what you want because we are independently owned,” he said.
“We’re small so most of our specials are ongoing, we usually have them for a month which is a lot longer than other stores.”
ALDI store manager Rachel Tani said buying bulk items could help people save money.
“We have competitive prices and we are efficient ... you have the option to bulk buy we can save you a lot,” she said.
Woolworths service manager David Pope said they had a number of charities which they supported through various initiatives.
“We have an ongoing charity with the royal children's hospital and we also donate to the community food bank ... products such as fresh fruit, bread, wheat products and damaged tins,” he said.
“We’ve also helped with the recent [Queensland] floods as customers can come in and make a deductible donation.”
Woolworths recently cut the prices on items instead of claiming their profits, Mr Pope said.
“Instead of funneling money into dividends we have reduced the prices of over 2000 items,” he said.
Elevation Church Administration employee Linda Dryson said that the church gave back to the community by selling a range of low price items, from food to clothes through Storehouse One.
“We help on average around 80 families in a day,” she said.
“Anyone with a health care or a pension card is welcome, just families in need.”
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