Food Price Index: June 2011

In June 2011 compared with May 2011:

• Food prices rose 1.4 percent. 
• Fruit and vegetable prices rose 12.2 percent.
• Grocery food prices rose 0.7 percent.
• Restaurant meals and ready-to-eat food prices rose 0.5 percent.
• Non-alcoholic beverage prices rose 0.2 percent.
• Meat, poultry, and fish prices fell 3.2 percent.

From June 2010 to June 2011:

• Food prices increased 7.5 percent. This includes a 2.2 percent rise in food prices in October 2010, when the rate of goods and services tax (GST) rose from 12.5 to 15 percent.