Potato lovers are being told the closure of independent grocers during lockdown was to blame for a big spike in spud prices last month.
New figures from Stats NZ show potato prices hit an all-time high in April - lifting 18 percent to an average $2.51 per kilogram.
The chief executive of Potatoes New Zealand, Chris Claridge, told rural reporter Maja Burry he was alarmed when he saw the numbers, and did some digging.
