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What if we’re already in recession?
Retail

Jenny Ruth: What if we’re already in recession?

The signs are out there. Leading indicators such as business and consumer confidence are blinking red.

Jenny Ruth 07 Jul 2022
Plans for grocery commissioner well received
Retail

Plans for grocery commissioner well received

The new watchdog “will be a referee of the sector, keeping the supermarket duopoly honest and blowing the whistle where it suspects there is a problem”. 

Rebecca Howard 06 Jul 2022
Foodstuffs opening up to non-member retailers
Retail

Foodstuffs opening up to non-member retailers

According to Foodstuffs, for each dollar on the supermarket shelf, supplier costs make up 68 cents

Rebecca Howard 22 Jun 2022
Countdown invests $350m into 'big fridges'
Retail

Countdown invests $350m into 'big fridges'

Australian-owned grocery chain Countdown has a pipeline of storage and distribution work valued at $350 million in NZ, even as government threatens to break up its duopoly with Foodstuffs.

Brent Melville 13 Jun 2022