{"id":337745,"date":"2023-09-27T16:48:44","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T06:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=337745"},"modified":"2023-09-27T16:48:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T06:48:44","slug":"price-hikes-to-ensure-viability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2023\/09\/27\/price-hikes-to-ensure-viability\/","title":{"rendered":"Price Hikes To &#8216;Ensure Viability&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_337751\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-337751\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230927endeavour.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-337751\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230927endeavour.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230927endeavour.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230927endeavour-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230927endeavour-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230927endeavour-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230927endeavour-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/20230927endeavour-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-337751\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Endeavour Foundation&#8217;s &#8220;Kingaroy Kitchen&#8221; sells various food items made on site<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>September 27, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Endeavour Foundation says ensuring the long-term viability of the Kingaroy Kitchen is why its products will be surging in price next month.<\/p>\n<p>Kingaroy Kitchen, which provides supported employment services, is located in Kingaroy Street.<\/p>\n<p>It sells a range of foodstuffs made on site, including biscuits, jams and chutneys.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recently a reader contacted southburnett.com.au to complain about price rises that will be coming in from October 1.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">&#8220;They are putting their box of biscuits up from $50 to $160, and their kilo tray of biscuits up from $10 to $28,&#8221; the reader stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Endeavour Foundation general manager (work) Simon Cook said Endeavour&#8217;s priority had always been actively supporting people with disability.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Over the last several years however, it has become apparent our Kingaroy Kitchen&#8217;s wholesale pricing model had become unsustainable, creating concern over our longevity and ongoing objectives to create tailored, long-term employment opportunities and training for people with disability in Kingaroy and the surrounding areas,&#8221; Mr Cook said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Due to the ongoing current economic challenges, and associated increases in raw materials and supply chain cost pressures, sadly this has forced us to review our market offering.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;As a result, we have made the difficult decision to move away from our wholesale pricing model in order to ensure the long-term viability of Kingaroy Kitchens and our people.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As always, our much-loved and high-quality goods will remain the same, including biscuits, marmalades, jams, chutney, relishes, and cakes, as well as hampers and commercial catering.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While these have been difficult changes, they have been necessary, and will become effective from October 1, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Supporting people is always our first priority.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Endeavour Foundation says ensuring the long-term viability of the Kingaroy Kitchen is why its products will be surging in price next month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":337751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,3],"tags":[21],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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