Brisbane tuckshops close amid rising food costs and lack of volunteers

Runcorn Heights State School and Dutton Park State School tuckshops are being forced to close amid rising food costs and a shrinking number of volunteers. 

Dutton Park P&C president Katrina Cutler says there are not enough volunteers to sustain regular service and predicts more canteens will follow suit.

P&C Queensland chief executive Kevan Goodworth says tuckshops have been forced to reduce opening hours, employ staff and outsource operations to manage the amounting pressures.