THREE KEY FACTS Stats NZ released food price data showing the biggest drop in prices in six years. Concerns over the nutritional quality of local diets have remained. Relative price changes are crucial as they influence consumer choices Puneet Vatsa is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at Lincoln University and Alan Renwick is a Professor of Agricultural Economics at Lincoln.
OPINION The rising price of food has been making headlines for the past decade. But prices have not been rising consistently across all food groups – and this has major health implications for New Zealanders..
