Fruit and vegetable prices fell 5.6 percent in October 2020 as the local growing season picked up, Stats NZ said today. Fruit and vegetable prices follow a very seasonal trend and typically fall in October, with the lowest prices for the year in summer. “Warmer weather makes it easier to grow many crops, with higher supply making these products cheaper,” consumer prices manager Nicola Growden said. Impacting this movement in order of contribution were: • tomatoes – down 38 percent to a weighted average price of $8.18 per kilo, coming down from an all-time high of $13.65 in August (see Tomato shortage follows lockdown ... (full story)