Food prices tipped to stay high
Health-conscious Kiwis feeling the pinch this winter are unlikely to find any respite as fruit and vegetable prices are expected to remain high.
Food Prices
Food prices still lower than a year ago
Food prices still lower than a year ago
New Zealand food prices edged up in May, mainly through rising meat prices. However, food prices are still 0.1% below what they were this time last year.
Food prices a mixed bag
Food prices a mixed bag
Food prices this year are likely to be affected by the mixed influence of lower beef and lamb prices versus higher dairy prices, ASB economist Jane Turner said yesterday.
Seasonal fluctuations cited in January food price rises
Seasonal fluctuations cited in January food price rises
Overall, food prices rose almost 1% on a year ago - led by fruit and vegetables - and are predicted to continue upward for the rest of the year after being static for the past five months.
Fruit, vege prices rise, meat falls
Fruit, vege prices rise, meat falls
An increase in the price of fruit and vegetables was the most significant element of the New Zealand food prices index that showed no overall change in January, after consecutive rises in November and December.
2011 food prices rise 2.9%
2011 food prices rise 2.9%
Food prices rose 0.2% in December to give an annual food price increase of 2.9%, Statistics New Zealand figures released yesterday showed.
Food prices nudge upwards in December
Food prices nudge upwards in December
Food prices rose 0.2 percent in December, Statistics New Zealand said today.
Veges lead drop in food prices
Veges lead drop in food prices
Cheaper vegetables that are now in season helped push the price of food down last month, according to government data.
Food price rise highlights higher living costs
Food price rise highlights higher living costs
Food prices fell 1.3% in Auckland but the 6.6% annual rise highlights the higher living costs facing households in the past year, ASB economist Christina Leung says.
Tomatoes, broccoli spike in food price rise
Tomatoes, broccoli spike in food price rise
A spike in the cost of tomatoes and broccoli helped bump up the Food Price Index by 2% during July, Statistics New Zealand said.
Feeding teens costly exercise
Feeding teens costly exercise
If you think your teenagers are eating you out of house and home - they probably are.
High prices no boost to horticulture industry
High prices no boost to horticulture industry
The horticulture industry is not benefiting from high fresh fruit and vegetable prices, Horticulture New Zealand says.
Price of food up 7.4%
Price of food up 7.4%
Rising food prices have started to pinch, with Statistics New Zealand yesterday reporting a 7.4% in the cost of food in the year ended May.
Govt rejects claims food prices causing poverty
Govt rejects claims food prices causing poverty
Wages were rising faster than prices, the Government said today as it rejected Labour Party assertions that the soaring cost of food was driving people into poverty.
A success story at a price
A success story at a price
The New Zealand economy would be in a parlous state were it not for the thriving dairy industry. It has taken many decades for our milk farmers to reach this level of global success, millions upon millions of dollars invested in research and new product development, and a vast amount of capital.
The value, and rising price, of milk
The value, and rising price, of milk
Two weeks ago, the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation updated its Food Price Index, a measure with which, since 1990, it has attempted to chart global prices.
Price of food rises higher than expected
Price of food rises higher than expected
Food prices rose higher than expected in January, with the strength of fruit and vegetable prices leading the increase.
Higher food prices net loss to economy
Higher food prices net loss to economy
High food prices will harm the New Zealand economy, New Zealand Institute of Economic Research principal economist Shamubeel Eaqub says.
Paddock talk: Food crisis threatens stability
Paddock talk: Food crisis threatens stability
All signs point to a period of rising commodity prices for agricultural products.
Where is the justification for NZ-grown food prices?
Where is the justification for NZ-grown food prices?
I was leafing through an old magazine in a hospital waiting room the other day when I came across a joke: "My wife complains that her clothes are so old they are all made in New Zealand."