19th March 2025 Circana / SpendingChristmas supermarket spend showed a marked a departure from years of sustained value growth, with 2024 only just scraping ahead of a year earlier, according to Circana.
15th July 2024 Hospitality / SpendingSpending on hospitality totalled $1.14bn in June 2024, down 2.8% on the same month last year, according to Stats NZ’s latest electronic card transaction data.
15th July 2024 Retail NZ / SpendingRetail card spending figures for June 2024 show that the retail sector is battling through a long cold winter, Retail NZ chief executive, Carolyn Young says.
4th June 2024 Circana / SpendingThe centre store aisles – cooking & baking and grocery – continue to thrive, accounting for 39% of value
growth, in the most recent quarter, with frozen also doing well.
29th May 2024 NZEIR / SpendingThe New Zealand Institute of Economic Research is predicting economic activity to slow further over the coming year as households reprice onto higher mortgage rates.
4th April 2024 GM / SpendingAs the country went into a technical recession, supermarket cooking and baking departments and the snacking and frozen categories prospered.
19th February 2024 GM / SpendingThe amount of money Kiwis spend at the supermarket jumped by $2bn in two years, according to the latest insight from Circana.
12th February 2024 Hospitality / SpendingThe value and volume of spend at restaurants and bars decreased by more than 3% over the December 2023 quarter compared to the same period a year earlier, says KiwiBank.
22nd January 2024 GM / SpendingSales of private label products jumped in December, as consumers eschewed branded products when shopping for grocery basics.
12th December 2023 Spending / Stats NZSpending on consumables and hospitality both increased in November 2023, compared to the same month last year, according to Stats NZ’s latest electronic card transaction data.
22nd November 2023 GM / SpendingSupermarket dollar sales hit another record, but Kiwis are becoming more discerning with their spend.
17th October 2023 GM / SpendingInflation means more dollars spent at supermarkets, but some categories are losing out.
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