Food & Drink

Why is NZ food so expensive

Food & Drink

Posted by: Kath

9th Feb 2011 07:24am

How come we have to pay so much for the NZ made produce when Aust doesn't have GST on their home grown products. We should have a lower GST/ No GST on our goods. Making it easier for families to have good health food for there meals and supporting the local producers as well.


Gazza
  • 25th May 2012 03:35pm

I think our food in NZ is produced for the export market take the price of lamb, to compete with US market NZ lamb is cheaper than what we pay here and cheaper than US produced lamb which infuriates US sheep farmers.
Same with beef. Well! when the s**t hits the fan and the European economy collapses and NZ meat producers have no market it might get cheaper then.
Watch out for the next big depression and grow your own vegeies.


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