Everything’s become a tad more expensive in recent years. Soft serves are $1.15, smoothies are $16, and let’s not even talk about the price of petrol. It seems the inflation crisis truly takes no prisoners, and the latest victim is none other than the humble Bunnings sausage sizzle.
In 2022, the most wholesome of Aussie eats, the Bunning’s sausage sanga, went up in price from $2.50 to $3.50 – a whopping 40 per cent hike. This marked the first price increase in 15 years for the Bunnings sausage sizzle, yet here we are again, facing another hike less than two years later.
The hardware giant, which recently replaced Woolworths as Australia’s most trusted brand, announced online that it would raise the price of its canned drinks and bottled water from $1.50 to $2. The 50-cent jump comes in response to feedback from the community groups the beloved sausage sizzle supports. With escalating costs of living, the revenue generated by the B-sizz just wasn’t enough to offset supply costs.
Thankfully, your snag will remain at $3.50 (with or without onions), meaning you can still have a ripper feed for under five bucks. Also staying the same is that every cent raised by Bunnings will continue to support the not-for-profits who run the sausage sizzles. So, don’t be too salty with the fine folks cooking up the snags when you find yourself fishing around your pockets for another gold coin.