Fruit and vege prices 14 years on...

For some reason that I can't rightly recall, in 2009 I started a blog to visually record my veggie and fruit purchases at the Lower Hutt Riverbank Market, and in a couple of the posts I recorded the prices. When I rediscovered the blog recently, I thought it would be fun to go back to the Riverbank Market and see how fruit & veggie prices had fared in relation to my salary over the last 14 years.

So welcome to the first longitudinal study of Lower Hutt Market veggie/fruit prices. 

In the 14 years from 2009 to 2023 my salary went up 33%, or 2.3% a year (if you divide 33 by 14).
See below the price increase for the individual fruit and veg. 

2009 >> 2023

Red onions 2.49 >> 3:99 up 38%
Leeks 1:50 >> 2:50 up 40%
Broccoli 1.50 >> 2:50 up 40%
Red capsicums 3 for 5$ (1:66 each) >> 3:50 each up 53%
Oranges 1.29 >> 2.99 up 57%
Caulis 1.50 >> 3:50 up 58%
Lettuce 1.50 >> 2:50 up 60%
Apples 99 >> 2:99 up 66%
Kumara 2.99 >> 12:99 up 77% 

The market shop was done in the same month of the year (September), with the same aim, the best quality produce for the price. These numbers are not adjusted in any way to take into account natural disasters or global warming. 

https://www.rbnz.govt.nz/monetary-policy/about-monetary-policy/inflation-calculator