Tennant Creek Telegraph

Food barn is a shop that sells groceries in Tennant Creek. It is managed by Rakesh. Foodbarn is owned by Indigenous Business Australia, who employ Rakesh to manage the store. It is the only supermarket in Tennant Creek. They have recently put their... More

Food barn is a shop that sells groceries in Tennant Creek. It is managed by Rakesh. Foodbarn is owned by Indigenous Business Australia, who employ Rakesh to manage the store. It is the only supermarket in Tennant Creek. They have recently put their prices up. The prices in Food barn are going up and some people don’t have a lot of money. People are concerned that some of their kids might starve. Rakesh, the manager of Foodbarn said that the “main goal for us is to make food available, good food available at good prices to the communities. ” It is unclear whether the company is achieving their goal. The food in Food barn is not locally sourced. It comes from Adelaide which is approximately 2000kms away. Rakesh said that “most of the groceries you see on the shelves comes from Adelaide. . . we also get meat and fruit and veg from different suppliers but still down in Adelaide”. There is potential for local farming to occur but with Food barn sourcing everything from Adelaide, Less