date:Apr 16, 2013
nd caf and restaurant sectors.
The consumer price index food items increased by 0.7 per cent in 2011-12, compared with an average increase of 3.9 per cent for the 10 years to 2010-11. This modest increase reflects lower fruit and vegetable prices, particularly for bananas, because of much-improved seasonal conditions in 2010-11, and the strong Australian dollar, which lowered food import prices.
The consumer price index for alcoholic beverages increased by 3.4 per cent in 2011-12, but was stil