Retail prices
All prices are in kilograms unless otherwise stated. Prices have been taken from shops in western 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 prices or lower prices. Broccoli, $1.99 to $2.25. Beans, $1.79 to $2.99. Bean sprouts, 89c to $1.02 a bag. Buttercup pumpkins, 69c each. Butternuts, $1.89 to $2 each. Cabbage, 49c to 90c each. Carrots, 35c to 69c a bunch. Cauliflowers, 79c to 99c each. Celery, 59c to 99c a bunch. Cucumbers, 59c to 79c each. Courgettes, $1.49 to $1.99. Garlic, $7.50 to $B. Kumara, $2.29 to $2.99. Lettuces, 39c to 99c each. Marrows, 99c each. Mushrooms, $4.99 to $5.99. Onions, 40c to 79c. Pickling onions, 60c to 69c.
Parsnips, 99c. Ginger, $5.99 to $7.99. Peas, 99c. Potatoes. 30c to 69c. Sweet corn, 22c to 25c a cob. Pumpkins, $1.59 to $3 each. Rhubarb, 59c a bunch. Parsley, 25c a bunch. Radishes, 20c to 69c a bunch. Spring onions, 59e a bunch. Silver beet, 79c to 89c a bunch. Spinach, 69e a bunch. Turnips, 79c to $1.30. Avocadoes, $1.99 each. Apricots, $1.99 to $2.49. Capsicum, $2.39. Bananas, $1.21 to $1.41. Apples, 69c to 85e. Grapefruit, $2.19 to $2.20. Grapes, $4.99 to $5.49. Oranges, $1.49 to $l.Bl. Pears, 99c to $1.16. Lemons, $1.99 to $2.99. Nectarines, $1.99 to $2.99. Peaches, $1.35 to $1.49. Plums, 99c to $2.99. Strawberries, $1.49 a punnet. Tangeloes, $1.49. Tomatoes, 99c to $2.39. Walnuts, $2.29. Watermelons, 89c.
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