At the Hardwood St shop, cooked prawns are going from $24/kg to $38/kg but a lot of the cheaper prawns have already been snapped up.
Woolworths announced earlier this month that rock lobsters would sell for $20 each – half the price of this time last year – due to purchasing an oversupply from WA farmers.
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Mrs Schwarzrock said because of the slashed prices, the fancy Christmas treat was also proving popular.
“Our business has been really busy leading up to Christmas as people are very organised and have already bought their prawns frozen,” she said.