Retail prices

Press, 29 March 1985, Page 2

Retail prices

All prices are in kilograms unless otherwise stated. Prices have been taken from shops in eastern Christchurch. Retail prices surveyed do not necessarily reflect the prices at the markets because many shop owners will have bought produce earlier in the week and paid higher or lower prices. Broccoli, $3.99 to $4.99. Beans, $3.36. Bean sprouts, 99c bag. BBrussels sprouts, $1.99 to $2.99. Buttercups, 79c. Butternuts, $1.29 to $1.49. Cabbages, drumhead, 89c to $l.lO each. Cabbages, red, $1.49 each. Carrots, 59c to 89c. Cauliflowers, $1.49 to $1.59. Celery, $1.49 to $1.59. Corn, 10c to 29c cob. Courgettes, $4.50 to $6.50. Cucumbers, 39c to 99c each. Garlic, $9.99 to $l2. Ginger, $8.50 to $9. Kumara, $1.39 to $1.59. Leeks, $1.79. Lettuces, 99c to $1.19 each. Marrows, 79c each. Mushrooms, $4.27 to $8.90. Onions, 79c to $1.20. Onions, red, $1.49.

Parsnips, $1.09 to $1.69. Potatoes, 47c to 62c. New potatoes, 57c. Pumpkins, crown, 49c to 89c. Radishes, 69c to 89c bunch. Scallopini, 99c bag. Silver Beet, $1.19 to $1.89. Spinach, 79c to $1.29 bag. Spring Onions, 69c to 79c bunch. Swedes, 79c to 89c each. Taro, $1.99. Avocados, 99c to $2.50 each. Apples, 78c to $1.33. Bananas, $1.61 to $2.05. Capsicum, 89c to $1.69. Coconuts, $1.50 each. Eggplant, $2.99 each. Grapes, $9.50. Grapefruit, $3.89 to $3.94. Kiwano, $3 each. Lemons, $2.99 to $3.59. Mandarins, $2.99. Nectarines, $4.99. Oranges, $3.51. Peaches, $3.99. Peanuts, $1 bag. Pears, $1.35 to $1.41. Pineapples, $4.95 each. Plums, $3.99. Strawberries, $1.29 punnet. Tangerines, $3.99. Tomatoes, $1.99 to $2.69. Walnuts, $1 bag. Watermelons, 99c to $1.99.