Barry O'Neill: Tomatoes NZ Chair says rising supplier costs are to blame for high food prices
Rising supplier costs are being blamed for food prices.
Annual food prices have shot up to the highest rate in 13 years.
Stats New Zealand data shows food cost 8.3 percent more this August than the last.
Tomatoes NZ Chair Barry O'Neill told Mike Hosking there are some local structural issues in the industry.
“One being the heating costs have got so high that a number of growers can’t afford to heat their houses anymore, so we don’t get production outside of the main summer period.”
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