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Issue 001 · Saturday, 30 May 2026

Staple Watch · this week

Chicken thigh· heihei

Issue 001 · published Sunday 7 Jun 2026 · prices measured Friday 5 Jun 2026

Boneless chicken thigh, per kilo — the cheapest valid SKU at each supermarket this week. Worth knowing: Woolworths often lists a 1.5kg minimum-order family pack against PAK'nSAVE's retail tray. They're different shopping experiences — we put both on the same per-kg scale below.

Cheapest this week

$9.99/kg

at PAK'nSAVE

What we measured

The two SKUs behind the headline.

PAK'nSAVE

NZ Chicken Thighs Bone In

$9.99/kg

as a kg pack, $9.99

Measured at PAK'nSAVE on .

SKU 5118844-KGM-000

Woolworths

woolworths nz chicken thighs bone in skin on

woolworths nz

$10.90/kg

as a min order 1.5kg pack, $12.70

Measured at Woolworths on .

SKU 915521

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Price history

Chicken thigh prices since 21 April 2026

$23.92$3.2821 April 202628 May 2026
PAK’nSAVEWoolworthsY-axis: $/kg

Our weekly price record goes back to 21 April 2026. The chart fills out as the corpus grows.

NZ-Made breakdown

What’s labelled NZ on the shelf this week.

Every chicken thigh SKU we tracked at both supermarkets this week carries the NZ-made marker on packaging.

How we measure prices →