Supermarket is slammed for selling pack of nine lamb chops for $82.27 in an isolated indigenous community - as locals complain they get ripped off ALL the time
- Store in remote island community roasted online over hefty price of lamb chops
- Pack of nine lamb chops selling for $82.27 at Warwick Meats on Palm Island
- Locals say many residents struggle with hiked-up prices for basic essentials
- Organisation that runs the store claims there was a pricing error on packaging
A pack of over-priced meat spotted for sale in a remote indigenous island community has sparked outrage and gone viral on social media.
The internet has gone into meltdown over the photo of a $82.27 pack of nine lamb chops at Warwick Meats on Palm Island, a remote indigenous community in north Queensland.
The $38.99 a kilo price is almost double the average price of the item in mainstream supermarkets.
Palm Island local Sondra Gorringe posted a photo on Facebook to express her disgust.
A pack of frozen lamb chops was selling for $82.27 at Warwick Meats on Palm Island last week
'The price on this meat, f**k that, could get a meat pack for that price,' she captioned the photo of expensive frozen meat.
Her post was quickly inundated with comments.
'Bugger that paying too much! No wonder everybody goes to Townsville for meat shopping + grocery cheaper to feed the whole family,' one friend commented.
One relative added: 'That meat made out of gold!'
Palm Island is an island community off the coast of Townsville and has a population of almost 2,500, according to the 2016 Census.
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Sondra Gorringe (pictured) says she could buy a week's supply of meat for that price
Ms Gorringe gets most of her groceries and supplies from the mainland to avoid being ripped off on the island.
She said many locals 'struggled to get by' because of the hiked up prices on basic necessities on the island.
'I work full-time so I'm okay and I normally get a $100 meat pack from Townsville and get it sent over on the plane and get groceries, but I reckon it would be hard for people still on Centrelink,' Ms Gorringe told NITV News.
'For shampoo and conditioner, they're about $9.00 each here and then in Townsville they're only like three or four dollars.'
Fellow local Raymond Sibley added: 'My thoughts is around the families who are on Centrelink, you know, some of them might get like $200 to $300 a fortnight.'
Ms Gorringe later posted on Facebook she hoped growing media attention over the lamb chop saga would would result in prices being slashed on the island.
Many Palm Island locals in the remote community (pictured) struggle paying for the hiked-up prices of basic necessities
The Warwick Meats store on Palm Island is owned by Community Enterprise Queensland.
The government organisation states on its website that its stores are committed to providing essential services, economic development, employment opportunities, environmental solutions and health and wellbeing options to remote communities
Daily Mail Australia contacted Community Enterprise Queensland on Monday but was told no one was available to comment on the matter.
However a spokesperson earlier told NITV an error was made on the packaging and was withdrawn from sale.
Sondra (pictured) hopes the online outrage will force the store to lower its prices
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