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Tuesday 28 April 2026

Spending

Grocery: Christmas spend flat, category winners and losers 19th March 2025 /

Grocery: Christmas spend flat, category winners and losers

Christmas 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.


Hospitality spend falls again… 15th July 2024 /

Hospitality spend falls again…

Spending 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.


…as retail suffers ‘long cold winter’ 15th July 2024 /

…as retail suffers ‘long cold winter’

Retail 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.


GMO: Centre aisles take centre stage 4th June 2024 /

GMO: Centre aisles take centre stage

The 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.


Household spending to slow further – NZEIR 29th May 2024 /

Household spending to slow further – NZEIR

The New Zealand Institute of Economic Research is predicting economic activity to slow further over the coming year as households reprice onto higher mortgage rates.


GMO: Recession revives home cooking 4th April 2024 /

GMO: Recession revives home cooking

As the country went into a technical recession, supermarket cooking and baking departments and the snacking and frozen categories prospered.


GMO: Summer sizzles as supermarket spend jumps again 19th February 2024 /

GMO: Summer sizzles as supermarket spend jumps again

The amount of money Kiwis spend at the supermarket jumped by $2bn in two years, according to the latest insight from Circana.


Grocery spend up, hospo down in Q4 – Kiwibank 12th February 2024 /

Grocery spend up, hospo down in Q4 – Kiwibank

The 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.


GMO: Private label surges in record supermarket spend 22nd January 2024 /

GMO: Private label surges in record supermarket spend

Sales of private label products jumped in December, as consumers eschewed branded products when shopping for grocery basics.


Consumables, hospo spend up in Nov – Stats NZ 12th December 2023 /

Consumables, hospo spend up in Nov – Stats NZ

Spending 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.


GMO: Snacking vs “snack-rifice” 22nd November 2023 /

GMO: Snacking vs “snack-rifice”

Supermarket dollar sales hit another record, but Kiwis are becoming more discerning with their spend.


GMO: Record $18bn grocery spend – but what are the poorest performing categories? 17th October 2023 /

GMO: Record $18bn grocery spend – but what are the poorest performing categories?

Inflation means more dollars spent at supermarkets, but some categories are losing out.