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In a bid to decrease costs, producers may either reduce the quantity of foods and beverages or they may make the product with cheaper ingredients. Photo: Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images
FRESH PRODUCE MARKET

Vegetable and other food prices remain high

The M&G’s basic food basket survey shows that supermarket prices don’t always drop when those at fresh produce markets do

  • Lyse Comins
7 min read
Consumers are angry that the government is treating them like a cash cow instead of fighting corruption and improving its fiscal discipline. File photo by Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg via Getty Images
FOOD PRICE INFLATION

Don’t hike VAT, food price monitor warns government

The Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity Group has said the cost of nutritious food is already unaffordable for poor households

  • Lyse Comins
5 min read
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ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND DIGNITY GROUP

Cost of household food basket up by 7.3%

Foods that increased overall in price in August by 5% or more included rice (5%), butternut (9%), apples (8%) and oranges (8%)

  • Lyse Comins
5 min read