Dairy prices milk NZ public
By William Knight on Feb 4, 2011 in Cost of living.
Basket updated: Friday, 4 February 2011
Perhaps one of you smart types out there can tell me why milk costs $2.45 in NZ and only $1.80 in the UK. This country, after all, is considered to be one of the world's great dairy producers. Is the public being milked.
| Butter |  anchor butter salted 500g | NZD 4.29 |
 Anchor Butter 500G | NZD 5.87 | |
| Carrots | fresh produce carrots loose 1kg | NZD 2.47 |
| Loose Carrots Class 1 | NZD 1.59 | |
| Sugar | home brand white sugar 3kg | NZD 5.15 |
| Miscellaneous Granulated Sugar 2Kg Parcels | NZD 2.83 | |
| Cheese | mainland cheese block epicure cheddar 200g | NZD 6.29 |
| Cathedral City Mature Cheddar 200G | NZD 3.46 | |
| Coffee | nescafe instant coffee classic 220g | NZD 10.49 |
| Nescafe Original Coffee 200G | NZD 8.39 | |
| Tea | twinings tea bags englsh breakfast 60pk | NZD 5.99 |
| Twinings English Breakfast 50 Teabags 125G | NZD 4.13 | |
| Eggs | home brand eggs dozen mixed grade 12pk | NZD 3.06 |
| Tesco Value Eggs Minimum Weight Box Of 6 (x2) | NZD 2.64 | |
| Bread | signature range sandwich bread wheatmeal 700g | NZD 2.54 |
| Bakers Soft Wholemeal Medium 800G | NZD 2.10 | |
| Milk | meadow fresh milk trim plastic 1l | NZD 2.45 |
| Tesco Semi- Skimmed Milk 1.136Ltr/2 Pints | NZD 1.80 | |
| Baked Beans | watties baked beans in tomato sce 420g | NZD 1.19 |
| Heinz Baked Bean In Tomato Sauce 415G | NZD 1.34 |
UK Shopping Basket Total = UKP 16.29
NZ Shopping Basket Total = UKP 20.94
UK Shopping Basket Total = NZD 34.17
NZ Shopping Basket Total = NZD 43.92
Grocery basket is 28.53 percent higher in New Zealand
Baskets compared using today's exchange rate: 1 NZD is worth 0.4767 pence.
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