Food prices dip in November on cheaper fruit and veggies

Food prices dip in November on cheaper fruit and veggies
Rebecca Howard
Cheaper fruit and vegetables helped bring food prices down 0.7 percent in the month of November, although prices were still 2.4 percent higher from a year earlier. Stats NZ said falling vegetable prices weighed on the November result, with fruit and vegetable prices down 3 percent on the month, led by a 51 percent drop in tomato prices and a 23 percent drop in cucumber prices. Strawberry prices, meanwhile, were down 34 percent on the month. According to Stats NZ, prices for Christmas treats, such as soft drinks, boxed chocolates and pork...

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