NCAU: ‘Won’t be the last’ – expert warns of soaring grocery prices ahead as freight industry crisis explodes

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News.com.au reports:

That’s according to Road Freight NSW CEO Simon O’Hara, who told news.com.au the industry was in the grip of a major crisis that would lead to yet more pain at the checkout for families already battling a cost of living nightmare.

On Monday afternoon, news broke that Scott’s Refrigerated Logistics – one of Australia’s biggest trucking firms, which supplies all major super­markets, including Woolworths, Coles, IGA and Aldi – had been plunged into receivership.

It has left 1500 jobs in the ...