A diner has spotted a ham and cheese toastie being sold at a cafe for more than $30, sparked an online uproar from Aussies.

A photo of the Gourmet Ham Toastie being sold at a cafe in Perth for a whopping $31.20 was uploaded to Reddit on Tuesday. 

The image from a delivery service app, showed the grilled sandwich cut in half with a garnish on the side consisting of a few salad leaves and slithers of pickled red onion.

The diner was astonished at the cost. 

 ‘$32 ham toastie anyone?’ the diner captioned the post.

‘I do know delivery apps add a surcharge and make everything more expensive, but Jesus Christ it’s a ham and cheese.

‘I think this will be the moment that finally gets me to quit these apps for good.’

The post was flooded with hundreds of comments from fellow Aussies, who were just as outraged.

‘[People] need to stop paying these ridiculous prices. Just taking the absolute p***,’ one wrote. 

Another added: ‘There is no universe in which I’d pay $32 for a ham toastie.’

A third commented” You could buy half a kilo of ham, a small Camembert wheel and a whole loaf of gourmet crusty bread for that much and make about 8 of them for that price!’

Others accused delivery apps of increasing the price of takeaway meals through their service.  

‘Gouging customers, restaurants and delivery drivers is a s***** business model,’ one wrote. 

Some claimed that it’s not the fault of cafes and restaurants for selling meals at a high price. 

‘If you or anyone else bought it – they are the problem, not part of the problem,’ one wrote.

Others came to the cafe’s defence over the expensive meal. 

‘To be fair it looks f*****g excellent,’ one wrote.

Hospitality business have been hit by a 30 per cent increase in the cost of food, according to Independent Food Distributors Australia chief executive Richard Forbes,

‘We’ve all seen the price of beverages and food rise over the last two or three years,’ Mr Forbes told news.com.au

‘That’s not going to get any better until we start doing something to rein in the costs of business’. 

The latest gripe over the cost of the popular meal comes as cafe owners say the average price of a flat white could soon surge to $7. 

Hospitality businesses have considered increasing the price of coffee as businesses are pushed to the brink amid the cost of living crisis. 

Figures from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission revealed a record 1,667 food services collapsed in the 12 months to June 30, 2024. 

Leading Australian business analysis company CreditorWatch has forecast that one in 13 hospitality businesses will fail in the coming year.