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Shoppers paid less at the checkout for cheese, butter and ice cream at Foodstuff stores in December and many vegetables were down more than 30%.

Food prices in New Zealand were 6.3% higher than a year ago but were cheaper in October 2023 than they were a month earlier, according to figures from Stats NZ.

Monthly food prices rose 2.7% in January 2022, the highest monthly rise since January 2017, says Statistics NZ.

Food prices fell 0.9% in September 2016, influenced by seasonally lower prices for vegetables and cheaper chicken prices, Statistics New Zealand says.

International food commodity prices shot up 4.2% in June, their steepest monthly increase of the past four years.

A drop in fresh milk prices by 14% contributed to food prices falling by 1.3% in the year to December 2015, Statistics New Zealand says.

When French farmers are unhappy they take to the streets. Last week, 1000 tractors rolled into Paris as French farmers tried to clog up the capital’s roads in protest at plummeting food prices.