EPISODE · Mar 17, 2026 · 5 MIN
Food prices up with mince at highest price ever
from Checkpoint
Food prices have gone up 4.5 percent in the year to February, with beef mince up a whopping 23.2 percent to $24.46 per kilogram. Fruit and vegetables also shot up by 9.4 percent, and meat, poultry and fish were up 7.5 percent annually. Checkpoint has also been monitoring the cost of everyday groceries across the different supermarket chains for the past four years, we did the same today. Bella Craig reports.
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Food prices have gone up 4.5 percent in the year to February, with beef mince up a whopping 23.2 percent to $24.46 per kilogram. Fruit and vegetables also shot up by 9.4 percent, and meat, poultry and fish were up 7.5 percent annually. Checkpoint has also been monitoring the cost of everyday groceries across the different supermarket chains for the past four years, we did the same today. Bella Craig reports.
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