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 prices or lower prices. Artichokes, $1.32. Broccoli, $1.99 to $4. Beans, $2 to $7.50. Brussels sprouts, $250 to $3.20. Buttercups, 59c to 88c each. Butternuts, 99c or 90c each. Cabbages, 39c to $1 each. Carrots, 49c to 89c. Cauliflowers, 59c to $1.29 each. Celery, 69c to $1.69 a bunch. Courgettes, $350 to $750. Ginger, $lO to $12.50. Kumara, $l5O to $2.49. Leeks, 35c to 50c each. Lettuces, 65c to 99c each. Marrows, 25c to 55c each. Mushrooms, $5.90 to $6.90. Onions, $159 to $1.49. Parsnips, $1.15 to $159. Potatoes, 35c to 69c. Pumpkin, 49c to $1.60 each.
Silver beet, 99c a bunch. Spinach, 90c to $1.25 a bunch. Spring onions, 60c to 79c a bunch. Swedes, 55c to 69c. Cucumbers, 49c to $l5O each. Sweet potatoes, $2. Avocados, $2 each. Apples, 79c to $1.27. Bananas, $1.58. Capsicum, $2.49 to $6.90. Coconuts, $1 to $l.lO each. Eggplant, $3.99 to $5. Feijoas, $2.49 to $4. Cape gooseberries, $3.49 to $4. Grapes, $2 to $11.29. Grapefruit, $1.69 to $2.90. Kiwifruit, $2.99 to $4.99. Lemons, $2.49 to $2.99. Mandarins, $3 to $3.99. Nectarines, $3. Oranges, $1.98 to $2.04. Passionfruit, 25c to 30c each. Pears, $1.37. Pepinos, 99c to $2.49 each. Strawberries, 99c to $1.35 a punnet. Tangerines, $2.90 to $3.99. Tamarillos, $l5O to $3.99. Tomatoes, $l5O to $350. Pineapples, $450 each. Kiwano, $1.99 to $2.75 each.
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