More pain at the supermarket checkout
More pain at the supermarket checkout
15 April 2025
Latest Stats NZ figures show food price inflation has reached 3.5 percent -- up from 2.4 a month ago.
Butter is just over 63 percent more expensive than a year ago, and milk is up 16.
Meat's risen 5.3 percent and grocery went up 5.1.
Fruit and vegetables are 2.7 percent cheaper.
New data , due out on Thursday, is expected to show overall inflation is rising again, but still well within the Reserve Bank's one to three-percent target.
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