ComCom still in talks with potential grocery sector entrants

ComCom still in talks with potential grocery sector entrants
The grocery commissioner Pierre van Heerden said ComCom is "talking to a range of people". (Image: Mark Mitchell)
Gregor Thompson
Grocery commissioner Pierre van Heerden says the Commerce Commission is still in discussion with "a range" of potential market disrupters but won't say who.During a panel at the New Zealand Food and Grocery Council’s (NZFGC) conference at Tākina in Wellington on Tuesday, attendees were given the opportunity to ask ComCom's leadership team and board members about their work regulating the sector. NZFGC's annual conference is primarily attended by the organisation's members; manufacturers, producers and suppli...

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