Grocery commissioner doubles down on supermarket shake-up

Grocery commissioner doubles down on supermarket shake-up
Pierre van Heerden has been talking to big suppliers about small customers getting their share of 'billions' in trade spend. (Image: NZME)
Garth Bray
A draft report on the wholesale supply of groceries has been edged out until mid-year, but grocery commissioner Pierre van Heerden has indicated he wants change. “So we probably need another wholesaler, and that’s where the wholesale code comes in,” Van Heerden told BusinessDesk this week. “The current retailers or supermarkets have to have a wholesale offering as well ... We've currently got an inquiry on that because we don't believe it's actually fulfilling its potential, because of the low volum...

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