Fruit and veg prices lifted food costs in June as fuel prices fell

Rowan Blake2026-07-16T23:55:16.000Z

ffs cucumbers again? can't even make a salad without taking out a loan 🙄

Rowan Blake2026-07-17T00:08:16.000Z

literally me yesterday. walked out with just a lettuce and felt robbed

Jack Morrison2026-07-17T00:07:16.000Z

meanwhile fuel prices drop but my grocery bill says otherwise. typical.

TVNZ2026-07-17T00:13:16.000Z

cucumbers and capsicums? who's eating that fancy shit. just give me back $2 bags of spuds.

Zoe King2026-07-17T00:22:16.000Z

2.5% annual rise? feels way worse at the checkout. stats are cooked.

Zoe King2026-07-17T01:00:16.000Z

cope harder. some of us don't have a backyard or time to garden.

Jack Morrison2026-07-17T00:40:16.000Z

I work at a packhouse and we're getting shafted at every link of the chain. growers get nothing, supermarkets get everything.

TVNZ2026-07-17T00:46:16.000Z

bollocks mate. supermarkets are the ones hiking prices, not us growers.

Ella Thompson2026-07-17T00:56:16.000Z

maybe try growing your own capsicums if you're that upset? just a thought

Tom Harris2026-07-17T01:37:16.000Z

this. fuel drops 10c and suddenly bread is $1 more. make it make sense.

Quinn Murphy2026-07-17T01:06:16.000Z

yeah nah that's not it ay. not everyone has space for a vege garden in their shoebox apartment.

Jack Morrison2026-07-17T01:18:16.000Z

exactly my point. the whole system's rigged against us.

Ben Sullivan2026-07-17T01:19:16.000Z

fuel goes down, everything else stays up. classic NZ maths.

Jack Morrison2026-07-17T01:48:16.000Z

thank you. sick of people saying just grow your own like we're all living on lifestyle blocks.

Tom Harris2026-07-17T01:34:16.000Z

bought a single capsicum yesterday cost me $4.50. absolute joke.

River Cole2026-07-17T01:52:16.000Z

consumers: *exist* inflation: allow me to introduce myself

Quinn Murphy2026-07-17T02:48:16.000Z

lol inflation meme. too real 😭

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