In July 2022, the annual increase was due to rises across all the broad food categories measured, Stats NZ said.
Compared with July 2021, grocery food prices increased by 7.5 percent; fruit and vegetable prices increased by 10 percent; and meat, poultry, and fish prices increased by 7.7 percent, statistics show.
"Increasing prices for cheddar cheese, standard two-liter milk, and yoghurt were the largest contributors within grocery food," consumer prices manager Fiona Smillie said.
The second-largest contributor to this movement was restaurant meals and ready-to-eat food. The items within this group that influenced this movement the most were eat-in lunch or brunch meals and ethnic takeaway meals, she said.
Due to the "cost-of-living crisis" reported by local media, more Kiwis are considering moving overseas.
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