Tag: foodstuffs
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National Backs Evidence-Based Grocery Reform, Calls Labour's Proposal Wrong Answer
Nicola Willis says National supports structural change to boost supermarket competition, but warns Labour's wholesale-retail separation plan lacks detail and was already rejected as costly and high-risk.
Politics and GovernmentBusinessGeneral PoliticsNational PartyLabour PartyEconomyTrade Nicola WillisNew Zealand National PartyFoodstuffsCommerce Commissiongrocery market competitionsupermarket divestmentNew Zealand Labour PartyNZ National PartyElection
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Seymour Says Labour's Supermarket Policy Confirms 'Disease' in NZ Politics
ACT Leader David Seymour says Labour's supermarket policy is an "echo" of past interventions and warns it will scare off investment and raise grocery prices.
Politics and GovernmentBusinessGeneral PoliticsOther PartiesEconomyEmployment and LaborTrade David SeymourACT New ZealandLabour Partysupermarket policyNew Zealand politicsGrocery CommissionerFoodstuffs
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Labour Pledges Immediate Action to Cut Grocery Prices
Labour says it will force Woolworths and Foodstuffs to split wholesale from retail, void anti-competitive restraints on small grocers and ban junk supplier fees to bring down checkout prices.
Politics and GovernmentBusinessGeneral PoliticsLabour PartyEconomyElectionTrade New Zealand Labour PartyChris HipkinsArena Williamsgrocery pricesWoolworthsFoodstuffscost of living
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Supermarket competition takes centre stage as parties clash over break-ups and price gouging
Supermarket showdown: Greens, National, Labour, NZ First and ACT go to war over grocery prices
Politics and GovernmentBusinessGeneral PoliticsOther PartiesEconomyElectionSocial Issues supermarket competitionNew Zealand election 2026grocery pricesGreen PartyKiwiMartNational PartyNicola WillisFoodstuffsstructural separationLabour PartyChris Hipkinsprice gougingArena WilliamsACT PartyDavid SeymourNew Zealand FirstWinston PetersCommerce CommissionStats NZcost of livingRestonVirginiaFairfax County
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National to Pursue Structural Separation of Foodstuffs
National would split Foodstuffs into two competing chains, with New World and Four Square as one and PAK'nSAVE as another, subject to a Commerce Commission assessment.
Politics and GovernmentBusinessGeneral PoliticsEconomyTradeSocial Issues FoodstuffsNicola WillisNew Zealand National PartyCommerce CommissionGrocery Industry Competition ActPAK'nSAVEWoolworthsNZ National PartyElection
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ACT's David Seymour Slams Supermarket Break-Up Policies as 'Desperate and Visionless'
ACT leader David Seymour criticises rival parties' supermarket break-up and price-gouging policies, saying they would deter investment and deliver only about $2.38 a week per person.
Politics and GovernmentBusinessGeneral PoliticsOther PartiesEconomyElectionTrade ACT New ZealandDavid Seymoursupermarket competitiongrocery pricesFoodstuffsCommerce Commission
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NZ First Pledges to Break Up Supermarket Duopoly to Lower Grocery Prices
New Zealand First has unveiled an election policy to dismantle the Woolworths and Foodstuffs supermarket duopoly. The plan includes splitting Foodstuffs into two competing cooperatives and granting the Commerce Commission stronger powers to enforce fairer grocery prices.
Politics and GovernmentBusinessGeneral PoliticsEconomyElectionLegalTradeAustralasia New Zealand FirstSupermarket DuopolyFoodstuffsWoolworths New ZealandCommerce CommissionRetail IndustryPolitical Campaigns