unfortunately, some of the way to reduce the cost of fresh food is to take money from the pockets of farmers, who struggle a lot as it is. we already pay the GST on convenience/processed/take away food - so adding another tax is going to make those items more expensive without combating the cost of fresh/healthier alternatives. it's a really messy situation to try and find a balance where "good" food and "affordable" food marry up... i dont' want to be responsible for screwing farmers out of their living - it's hard enough with cheap imports doing this to many of them. so i struggle with a solution to the problem


i will definitely say i'm not surprised at the variance in CPI increase and the cost of eating fresh being so different though...