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Tomato and bacon prices streak ahead
Higher fruit and vegetable prices, as well as rising prices for meat, were key factors pushing overall food prices up 0.7 percent in August, Stats NZ said today. Tomato prices rose to nearly $10 per kilogram in August, jumping over $3 per kilogram in price. At the same time, bacon prices rose to record levels this month. “August is typically the most expensive time of the year to buy tomatoes, and last month was no exception, with prices up 51 percent from July this year,” consumer prices manager Sarah Johnson said. The weighted average price of 1 kilogram of tomatoes was $9.96 in August 2019, compared with $6.59 ... (full story)