Grocery commissioner should eat more Weet-Bix: NZ First

Grocery commissioner should eat more Weet-Bix: NZ First
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Ella Somers
Paul McBeth
The Warehouse is still waiting for the Commerce Commission to get back to it about Sanitarium briefly cutting off its Weet-Bix supply and might find an ally in New Zealand First’s coalition agreement.The coalition agreement between NZ First and the National party – which sits alongside a separate National/Act agreement – includes a provision that both parties will explore options to strengthen the powers of the grocery commissioner, to improve competitiveness, and address the lack of a third entrant to break up the supermarket...

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