Kate Hawkesby: The powers that be tell us food prices will come down soon, I hope that's true

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · May 11, 2023 · 3m

So I’m not sure the Mother’s Day brunch this weekend will be including avocado on toast given the shortage of them – and therefore the cost of them.

Although despite avocado being $9 and $10 each in some parts of the country at the moment, other places tell me they can still get them and get them cheap. So it might be a case of the old postcode lottery at the moment when it comes to fruit and veges.

But yesterday we heard that we’ve had our largest food price increase since 1987.

The cost of food in New Zealand is now up 12.5 percent. And of that, fruit and veges were the biggest driver – up…