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• The Daily Grind: Rising Coffee and Meat Prices Drive Annual Food Inflation

  Published: Apr 20, 2026

  Section: Companies & Industry

  New Zealanders are feeling the pinch at the checkout and the café counter as food prices rose 3.4 percent in the year to March 2026. While this is a slight cooling from the 4.5 per...

• Foodstuffs CEO Reveals Butchers Smuggled in Car Boots to Bypass Pandemic Lockdown Blockades

  Published: Apr 7, 2026

  Section: Lifestyle Hacks

  Chris Quin, head of the retail giant Foodstuffs, disclosed that supermarket staff used extreme measures, including hiding in vehicle trunks, to cross regional borders during COVID-...

• Foodstuffs CEO Reveals Butchers Were Smuggled in Car Boots to Bypass COVID-19 Blockades

  Published: Apr 7, 2026

  Section: Companies & Industry

  Foodstuffs CEO Chris Quin has disclosed that supermarket butchers were smuggled across regional borders in car boots to maintain food supplies during COVID-19 lockdowns. Speaking o...