Food Price Index: September 2011

In September 2011 compared with August 2011:

• Food prices fell 1.0 percent.
• Fruit and vegetable prices fell 8.6 percent, reflecting seasonally lower vegetable prices. 
• Grocery food prices fell 0.2 percent.
• Meat, poultry, and fish prices rose 0.3 percent.
• Restaurant meals and ready-to-eat food prices rose 0.2 percent.
• Non-alcoholic beverage prices rose 1.3 percent.
  

From September 2010 to September 2011:

• Food prices increased 4.7 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.