Staple Watch · this week
Bread· paraoa
Standard sandwich loaf — the cheapest valid SKU in our catalogue at each supermarket, updated weekly. Worth knowing: the headline pair often mixes a house-brand pack against a name-brand one. The price gap reads first as a brand-tier difference, not a supermarket difference.
Cheapest this week
$3.40/kg
at PAK'nSAVE
What we measured
The two SKUs behind the headline.
PAK'nSAVE
White Toast Fresh Sliced Bread
Pams Value
$3.40/kg
as a 600g pack, $2.05
Measured at PAK'nSAVE on .
SKU 5092911-EA-000
Woolworths
mighty fresh toast bread white
mighty fresh
$4.80/kg
as a 600g pack, $2.85
Measured at Woolworths on .
SKU 692668
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Price history
Bread prices since 29 April 2026
Our weekly price record goes back to 29 April 2026. The chart fills out as the corpus grows.
NZ-Made breakdown
What’s labelled NZ on the shelf this week.
Woolworths: 3 of 11 loaves we measure here carry the NZ-made marker on packaging. The cheapest pack labelled NZ-made comes in at $6.20/kg (tip top super soft toast bread white, 700g pack at $4.37). The cheapest pack without the marker is actually cheaper per kg: $4.80/kg (mighty fresh toast bread wheatmeal, 600g pack at $2.85).
PAK'nSAVE: 3 of 13 loaves we measure here carry the NZ-made marker on packaging. The cheapest pack labelled NZ-made comes in at $5.60/kg (Supersoft White Toast Bread, 700g pack at $3.95). The cheapest pack without the marker is actually cheaper per kg: $3.40/kg (Wheatmeal Toast Fresh Sliced Bread, 600g pack at $2.05).