Shoppers still looking for food savings

• Published date: 28 March 2024
• Author: Finn Blackwell
• Publication title: Daily Post, The (Rotorua, New Zealand)

Woolworths New Zealand says better growing conditions means some produce is up to 30 per cent cheaper than this time last year

But shoppers in Auckland say they are yet to see much of a difference.

Woolworths general manager of fruit and vegetables Ryan McMullen told Midday Report yesterday that the weather situation had “significantly improved”.

“The weather patterns changed around mid-spring, and leading into summer, and got into a much more settled, normal weather pattern, where rainfall is predictable and has contributed to much better growing conditions for growers and therefore more product...