Food Price Index raw collection data

Lance Watson made this Official Information request to Statistics New Zealand

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From: Lance Watson

Kia ora Statistics New Zealand,

From the Food Price Index information page on datainfoplus:
https://datainfoplus.stats.govt.nz/Item/...

"Prices are surveyed by visiting retail outlets in 12 pricing centres: Whangarei, Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Napier-Hastings, New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Invercargill."

You also collect checkout scanner price data that is supplied by some supermarkets.

You gather weekly fruit fruit and vegetable prices, and the remainder on the 8th and 16th day of the month.

Is the raw data from this collection publicly available? All you present in your data sets are index based and average pricing (i.e. 1kg of oranges cost $x). I would like to access the raw data you gathered from each of the 560 outlets in the 12 pricing centres that you gather from.

Ideally I would prefer if you just regularly published this raw data on your website, but otherwise, can I request the most up to date set of raw data you collected that shows the product names you checked (including brand if this is recorded), the price, and what store (location specific, as there may be multiple of the same supermarket in one city).

Ngā mihi,
Lance Watson

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From: Kelsey Schaumann
Statistics New Zealand

Kia ora Lance,

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act request.

Stats NZ received your request on 28 January 2022. We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 28 February 2022, being 20 working days after the day your request was received (taking into account upcoming public holidays).

Your request is being handled by the Office of the Government Statistician and Chief Executive. If you have any queries, please feel free to contact me using the details in the signature below.

Kelsey Schaumann (pronouns: she/her/hers)
Senior Advisor - Executive and Government Relations, Office of the Chief Executive
Stats NZ | Tatauranga Aotearoa | stats.govt.nz | +64 4 931 4061
 

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Statistics New Zealand


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Kia ora Lance,

Please see attached Stats NZ's response to your Official Information Act request.

Kelsey Schaumann (pronouns: she/her/hers)
Senior Advisor - Executive and Government Relations, Office of the Chief Executive
Stats NZ | Tatauranga Aotearoa | stats.govt.nz | +64 4 931 4061
 
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