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Food prices rose 2.2% in the year to February, the biggest annual increase in 5 years.
Fruit and vegetable prices jumped 7.7%. The cost of household staples such as milk, cheese and eggs also increased. Milk prices rose 6% while eggs cost 2.7% more.
The only food aisle to record a drop was meat and fish: prices for this group were down 2% for the year.
GUIDE TO THE TABLE DATA are from Statistics NZ Food Price Index and show weighted average retail prices for selected items.
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