Australia electricity crisis: Family run supermarket fears it could go bust by Christmas

Family-run Aussie supermarket fears it could go bust by Christmas as a single bill soars by more than 500 per cent: ‘How are we going to survive?’

• Supermarket run by local family for 26 years facing going bust over rising bills
• Andersons have owned Mapleton IGA and petrol station for nearly three decades
• Electricity company AGL informed them cost would be rising up to 500 per cent
• Monthly power bill would increase from $5,000 to $25,000 per month
• Owner Kel Anderson says they cannot survive paying $200k extra every year 

By Sam McPhee For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 22:44 EDT, 28 June 2022 | Updated: 22:50 EDT, 28 June 2022