7th August 2025 GAG / Grocery“Big, bold and progressive” government action is needed to restore competition and lower prices in New Zealand’s $27bn grocery market, according to the Grocery Action Group.
5th June 2025 ComCom / GAGExpecting supermarkets and large grocery suppliers to voluntarily change their ways won’t work, according to the Grocery Action Group.
11th December 2024 Consumer NZ / GAGThe Commerce Commission’s legal action is welcomed by the Grocery Action Group and Consumer NZ, but both say it may not be enough to address shortcomings.
16th October 2024 Foodstuffs / GAGThe Grocery Action Group criticises Foodstuffs’ claim that GST is a reason for NZ’s high supermarket prices, saying the excuse “won’t wash”.
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25th September 2024 ComCom / GAG“We urge our Commerce Commission to scrutinise our supermarkets in the same way the ACCC does in Australia,” advocacy group says.
20th August 2024 Foodstuffs / GAGThe $3.25m penalty imposed on Foodstuffs for using land covenants to prevent competitors from setting up shop was just a fraction of the $7.3bn that could have been handed down under the legislation.
24th June 2024 ComCom / GAGA further delay to the Commerce Commission decision on the proposed merger of Foodstuffs North and South Islands is fiddling while the Kiwi household budget burns, says the Grocery Action Group.
20th June 2024 FSNI / GAGThe public needs transparency around a deal the Commerce Commission has struck with Foodstuffs over its anti-competitive land covenants in the North Island, says the Grocery Action Group.
6th June 2024 Foodstuffs / GAGA vote by Foodstuffs supermarket owners to merge their North and South Island operations will further increase their dominance but consumers will be the losers at the checkout, the Grocery Action Group says.
14th February 2024 Foodstuffs / GAGThe Grocery Action Group says the proposed merger “flies in the face” of efforts to improve competition, with the duopoly emboldened by “tepid” action thus far.
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