Retail prices

Press, 24 September 1982, Page 2

Retail prices

All prices are in kilograms unless otherwise stated. Prices have been taken from shops in central Christchurch. Retail prices surveyed yesterday do not necessarily reflect the prices at the markets because many shopowners will have bought produce earlier in the week and paid higher or lower prices. Asparagus, $lO to $l2. Broccoli, $1.25 to $2. Beetroot, 55c. Brussels sprouts, $1.50. Cabbages, 30c to 95c each. Carrots, 80c to $1.20. Cauliflowers, 75c to $1.59 each. Celery, $1 to $1.85 a bunch. Courgettes, $l3. Cucumbers, $1.35 to $1.75 each. Garlic, $lO to $12.50. Ginger, $5.99. Kumara, $2.20 to $2.75. Leeks, 85c to $l.lO a bunch. Lettuces, 59c to $1.49. Onions, 49c to 99c. Parsnips, 65c to $1.20. Potatoes, 50c to 85c. New potatoes, $1.20 to $2.30. Pumpkins, 69c to $1.25. Parsley, 45c a bunch.

Radishes, 60c a bunch. Rhubarb, $1.50 to $1.79 a bunch. Spring onions, 60c to 79c a bunch. Silverbcet, $1.55 to $2. Spinach, 85c to $l,lO a bunch. Swedes, 44c to 65c. Whitloof, $4.40. Apples, 77c to $1.36. Avocados, $2.65 to $3.75. Bananas, $1.32. Capsicum, $2O. Coconuts, 99c each. Grapefruit, 88e to $1.99. Grapes, $5 to $9.90. Kiwifruit, $3 to $4.95. Lemons, $1.99 to $2.25. Limes, $2.50 to $3.55. Mandarins, $2 to $3.50. Mangoes, $2.75 each. Mushrooms, $6.50 to $lO. Oranges, $1.24 to $1.55. Pawpaws, $5.75 each. Pineapples, $5.50 to $5.95 each. Peanuts, $5 to $5.60. Rockmelon, $3.75 each. Tangelos, $2.25 to $2.75. Tamarillos, $1.99 to $3.95. Tomatoes, $2.50 to $6.75. Walnuts, $2. Watermelons, $2.50. Watercress, 50c a bunch.