NZ-UK: Basket of goods 25.3859 percent greater in NZ

Basket updated: Sunday, 21 August 2011

Butter	anchor butter salted 500g	NZD 4.00
	Anchor Butter 500G	NZD 5.63
Carrots	fresh produce carrots loose 1kg	NZD 1.47
	Loose Carrots Class 1	NZD 1.41
Sugar	home brand white sugar 3kg	NZD 5.98
	Miscellaneous Granulated Sugar 1Kg Packet (x3)	NZD 4.95
Coffee	nescafe instant coffee classic value pack refill 220g	NZD 12.64
	Nescafe Original Coffee 200G	NZD 8.04
Tea	twinings breakfast tea bags english 60pk	NZD 6.99
	Twinings English Breakfast 50 Teabags 125G	NZD 4.77
Eggs	home brand eggs dozen mixed grade 12pk	NZD 3.06
	Tesco Value Eggs Minimum Weight Box Of 6 (x2)	NZD 2.77
Bread	signature range sandwich bread wheatmeal 700g	NZD 2.39
	Bakers Soft Wholemeal Medium 800G	NZD 2.01
Milk	meadow fresh milk trim plastic 1l	NZD 2.45
	Tesco Semi- Skimmed Milk 1.136Ltr/2 Pints	NZD 1.79
Baked Beans	watties baked beans in tomato sce 420g	NZD 2.09
	Heinz Baked Bean In Tomato Sauce 415G	NZD 1.39

UK Shopping Basket Total = UKP 16.29
NZ Shopping Basket Total = UKP 20.43
UK Shopping Basket Total = NZD 32.75
NZ Shopping Basket Total = NZD 41.07
Grocery basket is 25.39 percent higher in New Zealand

Baskets compared using today's exchange rate: 1 NZD is worth 0.4973 pence.

Comments

[stephen9781]

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[Sandrine@friendsfamilycoupons]

I was unaware of the disparity in price between goods in the United Kingdom and goods in New Zealand.

That's a significant gap. Usually, even when currencies are changed from one to another, you hope that prices for basic food items will remain within the same range.

Even worse, most of the time the countries that you expect to have higher prices are those that have big cities. I would have expected the UK to have higher food prices for that reason. Doesn't New Zealand produce its own flour, etc. Why do consumers encounter this gap in prices?

[Richard]

You buy instant coffee? No wonder I can't get a decent coffee here in the UK.