Commerce Commission ups pressure on supermarkets, targets supplier charges

Commerce Commission ups pressure on supermarkets, targets supplier charges
The Commerce Commission is seeking further market interventions. (Image: NZME)
Gregor Thompson
The Commerce Commission is stepping up efforts to disrupt dynamics in the country’s $15 billion grocery sector.On Thursday, the regulator released a draft report of the Grocery Supply Code and initial findings from its ongoing inquiry into the wholesale grocery market.  It said it had identified supplier charges and promotional pricing as key contributors to the dominance of the three major supermarket chains in New Zealand and of the “large national and multinational suppliers”.Grocery commissioner Pierre van Heerden sai...

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