Are Food Prices Finally Stabilising? w/ Stats NZ’s James Mitchell and Jeremy Neeve of Wellington City Mission: 25 October, 2023

Statistics New Zealand regularly conducts food price surveys, which includes supermarket groceries, takeaways and restaurants. The information is sorted by food groups. Recent data shows that the price of fruit and vegetables may finally be stabilising relative to inflation, although the price is still higher than this time last year. 

To find out more, Arno spoke to James Mitchell, manager of Consumer Price Delivery at Stats NZ. Arno started our interview by asking what range of time the data collected covered. 

Next, Arno spoke to Jeremy Neeve, who works at the Wellington City Mission, particularly the social supermarket; a new project aimed at replacing the traditional food bank model. Arno started our interview by asking him what they do.