Stats Canada is reporting prices in New Brunswick increased by 2.4-percent last year with the price for fresh fruit increasing by 20.7-percent year over year, which is a larger increase than at the national level.
Food prices nationally rose by 4-percent but fresh vegetables went up by 18.2-percent. The other fresh vegetables index, which includes broccoli, cauliflower, celery, and peppers among other products, registered its largest year-over-year increase since April 2009 at more than 22-percent.
Meat prices were also up more in New Brunswick than at the national level, rising by 8.4-percent in the 12 months to January.
