By Louise Ternouth of RNZ What happens when the price at the supermarket checkout keeps rising but your budget does not? In our latest instalment of Checkpoint ’s new series Crunching the Numbers , we are drilling into the details of the weekly shop from Countdown – which has now rebranded as Woolworths – and Pak’nSave to see how much it has gone up since 2022. It is no secret Kiwis are feeling the pinch , so RNZ asked shoppers how much the weekly shop was setting them back. One woman said for a household of four it cost them $200.
Another shopper said for their household of four with three teenagers it cost $500..
