Good news (for cats)

With coffee prices nudging ever closer to five dollars, it may come as a surprise to learn that not everything is getting more expensive in Port Melbourne. For the last seven years I've traipsed round the town's grocers hunting inflationary evidence of a tinned kind.

Cat keepers have two fewer places to restock than last year, thanks to Whiskas not yet marketing a free-range or organic version of their cat food to satisfy About Life customers, and Quickstop deciding not to stock pet food any more. There's little movement amongst the remaining vendors though, with IGA selling at exactly the same price as back in 2010.

1. Coles - $1.35
2. IGA - $1.49
3. Enhane - $2.50
4. 7 Eleven - $3.49