date:Feb 18, 2013
d non-alcoholic beverages (up 2.2 per cent) were influenced by less discounting for lamb (up 25 per cent) and soft drinks (up 3.6 per cent).
Annual Changes in Price
For the year to January 2013, the food price index (FPI) increased 0.8 per cent.
Fruit and vegetables (up 5.9 per cent) made the main upward contribution for the year, led by kumara (up 98 per cent), apples (up 21 per cent), and avocados (up 86 per cent). High kumara prices were influenced by poor weather conditions in both the pl