Woolworths calls foul over grocery commissioner's findings

Grocery commissioner Pierre van Heerden is "moving at pace". (Image: Mark Mitchell)

Tue, 10 Sep 2024

Woolworths has raised concerns about the methodology the Commerce Commission used in last week's grocery report, which arrived one year earlier than anticipated.Woolworths NZ's general counsel, James Radcliffe, told BusinessDesk Woolworths was not consulted on the report and the commission's travel rate has been difficult to manage.“NZ is the only country in the world that has this type of regulatory regime, and that was enacted and put in place very, very quickly by the last Government,” he said.Armed with "clear e...

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