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Barry O'Neill: Tomatoes NZ Chair says rising supplier costs are to blame for high food prices

Published: Sept. 13, 2022, 7:34 p.m.

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Rising supplier costs are being blamed for food prices.

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Annual food prices have shot up to the highest rate in 13 years.

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Stats New Zealand data shows food cost 8.3 percent more this August than the last.

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Tomatoes NZ Chair Barry O\'Neill told Mike Hosking there are some local structural issues in the industry.

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\\u201cOne being the heating costs have got so high that a number of growers can\\u2019t afford to heat their houses anymore, so we don\\u2019t get production outside of the main summer period.\\u201d

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