Government mulls radical supermarket reform, but an expert warns excess profits are just a small piece of the high grocery price puzzle ...

New Zealand's annual food prices surged by 3.5% in March 2025, marking the highest increase since January 2024. Stats NZ reported significant price hikes in dairy, meat, and grocery items like butter, ...

The escalating price war among UK supermarkets will come as some relief for consumers, who are seeing food inflation creep up ...

In New Zealand, the Government is considering a possible break-up of a supermarket ‘duopoly’, with Prime Minister Christopher Luxon acknowledging that Kiwis “pay some of the highest prices ...

MBIE was supposed to be the government’s go-to department, but nearly everything it gets involved in ends up turning to dust ...

Economic Growth Minister Nicola Willis started the week talking tough to the two dominant supermarket chains. They were ...

While the government is in the mood for breaking up failing conglomerates like the supermarket duopoly, it should consider doing the same to one of its own largest agencies – the ubiquitous Ministry ...

Comment: Having marched into the debate about supermarket prices, the finance minister cannot now be seen to lose. As with the breakup of Telecom, customer benefits will take a long time to arrive – ...