DEARER GROCERIES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22525, 16 September 1936, Page 12

DEARER GROCERIES

SOME SHARP ADVANCES A VARIETY OF INRUENCES Because of the change in industrial conditions, prices of bottles have beun advanced by at least 10 per cent on the average. This rise will affect' the public in many grocery and otlier trades, but where stocks are held prices are likely to lie unchanged until :re* placements are made.

Several classes of grocery goods nil! shortly show rises in retail shops fruM causes connected with the Spanish rebellion. The lighting in Spain has resulted is cancellation of indent orctere for Jordan. Valencias and soft slell almonds. Small quantities of Sicily almonds are available, but prices for these show' an advance of fully 50 per cent ori last season's rates. Olive oil is another line that shows a marked udvance en account of the interference with supplies from Spain. Latest quotations fr.nn France, which draws olirei from Spain, show a rise of about 30 |?er cent.

Californian dried fruits comprise other grocery lines that before very lons m;iy show retail advances. This particularly applies to prunes, of which there i:; a 25 ]>er cent crop shortage. The opening wholesale prices are very, firm.

Some lines of New Zealand-made con« fectionery have advanced recently, <>nd class of chocolate bv 3d a lb.