Bad news for pubgoers as alcohol taxes increase from today

While the price of fresh produce is beginning to drop, the cost of living crisis is far from over, with taxes on alcohol increased from today.

This means the cost of beer, wine and spirits will climb between 10 and 20 per cent and pubgoers could be paying more than $15 for a pint at some venues.

The Caxton hotel manager, Georgina Hull told Today the increases "are ridiculous", but she and other publicans don't have a choice.

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"Unfortunately, we have no control over it," she said.

She said everything will go up in price, but things like cocktails, ginger beer and drinks on tap will see the biggest increase.

"We're really lucky here with a lot of our regulars, they're used to it by now, but a lot of the newcomers do find the prices going up outrageous," she said.

"We do sometimes cop a bit of backlash."

While the alcohol cost increase is unwelcome news, the price of fresh produce is actually going down.

Red Rich Fruits director, Matt Palise told Today prices have dropped 2.2 per cent in fruit and vegetables and the timing is perfect for back-to-school lunchboxes.

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"You can fill the lunchbox with fruit and vegetables for less than $0.50 a serve, so there is good news for the cost of living crisis," he said.

"It's been really good weather conditions with warm summers helping a lot of the crops, overall quality is sensational, which is keeping prices low and great for consumers.

"And there's never been a better time to get in store to support an Aussie farmer that's battling rising input costs just like everybody else."

See what else Georgina and Matt had to say in the video above