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Strong Support For Supermarket Breakup But Policy Short On Essential Detail
Sunday, 19 April 2026, 6:50 pm | Grocery Action Group
“It is in the best interests of all Kiwis that real and fair competition operates in the supermarket industry so that food and groceries are available at affordable prices,” Grocery Action Group chair Sue Chetwin said. More >>
Selling Up Supermarkets Report Long Overdue
Tuesday, 3 February 2026, 3:54 pm | Grocery Action Group
“Breaking up the entrenched duopoly and introducing competition is likely to be the single most effective course of action if New Zealanders are to see lower prices at the checkout, and see them quickly.” More >>
Fast-Track Planning For Supermarkets Not Enough To Bring Down Prices
Wednesday, 27 August 2025, 2:30 pm | Grocery Action Group
Grocery Action Group chair Sue Chetwin says as it stands, the duopoly held by Foodstuffs and Woolworths continues to stifle competition, restrict choice, and keep grocery prices unnecessarily high. More >>
No Good News For Consumers In Grocery Report
Wednesday, 6 August 2025, 5:05 pm | Grocery Action Group
The lack of competition is the key reason why New Zealanders are paying too much for their groceries, and in places where there is no competition the markups are even higher though overheads such as rent are often lower. More >>
Grocery Report Short On Good News For Consumers
Wednesday, 6 August 2025, 3:46 pm | Grocery Action Group
The lack of competition is the key reason why New Zealanders are paying too much for their groceries, and in places where there is no competition the markups are even higher though their overheads such as rent are often lower. More >>
Grocery Action Group Backs Consumer Price It Right Campaign
Tuesday, 22 July 2025, 10:22 am | Grocery Action Group
Every year, inaccurate pricing not only erodes consumer confidence but also places unnecessary and unfair financial strain on households nationwide. More >>
Supermarkets Slammed For Bad Behaviour
Thursday, 5 June 2025, 7:51 am | Grocery Action Group
Today’s report from the Commerce Commission slams the supermarket duopoly sector for the way it treats its suppliers by making unrealistic demands of them and asking them to wear costs the supermarkets should be covering. More >>
Action On Groceries Terrific News For Kiwis
Sunday, 30 March 2025, 3:13 pm | Grocery Action Group
Grocery Action welcomed the recognition from Willis that high grocery prices were a principle driver of the cost of living crisis facing many Kiwi families. More >>
Action On Supermarkets Welcomed
Wednesday, 26 March 2025, 9:07 am | Grocery Action Group
The Grocery Action Group supports any action that would bring fair prices for food for Kiwi consumers. More >>
GAG Welcomes Minister Willis Push For More Supermarket Competition
Thursday, 13 February 2025, 5:02 pm | Grocery Action Group
“Nevertheless this is the first plain indication the government is prepared to act over the lack of competition in the supermarket sector, “ Sue Chetwin said. More >>
Inaccurate Pricing Not The Only Misleading Issue With Our Supermarkets
Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 5:46 pm | Grocery Action Group
The Grocery Action Group (GAG) welcomes the Commerce Commission’s decision to bring criminal charges against Woolworths NZ, Pak’nSave Silverdale, and Pak’nSave Mill Street for alleged inaccurate pricing and misleading specials. “The supermarkets ... More >>
GST Excuse For Cripplingly High Supermarket Prices Won’t Wash
Tuesday, 15 October 2024, 4:02 pm | Grocery Action Group
What is vital for New Zealand’s future as a food producing nation, and for our government, is an answer as to why Kiwis pay nearly the highest prices in the world for food and groceries which several market studies have now confirmed,” Chetwin ... More >>
Stopping Foodstuffs Merger Offers Glimpse Of Hope For Competition
Tuesday, 1 October 2024, 6:22 pm | Grocery Action Group
If the merger had been approved, the existing duopoly’s stranglehold on our food and grocery budgets would have been total and irreversible. Suppliers would also have seen their access to consumers reduced even further More >>
Australia's Consumer Watch Dog Shows Way To Go To Lower Food And Grocery Prices
Sunday, 29 September 2024, 7:02 am | Grocery Action Group
“The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is taking their two big supermarkets to court over fake discounting,” said Sue Chetwin, GAG’s chair. “We urge our Commerce Commission to scrutinise our supermarkets in the same way ... More >>
Supermarkets Have To Come Clean On Who Owns Them - GAG
Monday, 16 September 2024, 1:44 am | Grocery Action Group
The proposed ‘merger’ is a matter of major public interest and the public deserves to know who and how they are owned. It’s also difficult to see what the South Island supermarket owners stand to get out of such a deal. More >>
Foodstuffs Fine Unfair To Consumers
Monday, 19 August 2024, 6:33 pm | Grocery Action Group
Whilst the decision served as a warning to supermarkets not to take part in anticompetitive conduct, the penalty hardly reflected the impact of a lack of competition for consumers. It was just a fraction of the $7.3 billion that could have been handed down under ... More >>
Large Supermarket Fine A Warning For Consumers
Thursday, 8 August 2024, 7:37 pm | Grocery Action Group
Today’s fine shows just how hard it is for competitors. It also comes against the backdrop of a new University of Auckland study on the impact of high food prices on our most vulnerable communities. More >>
Delay On Merger Decision Fiddling While The Household Budget Burns
Friday, 21 June 2024, 11:38 am | Grocery Action Group
A further delay to the Commerce Commission’s decision on the proposed merger of Foodstuffs North and South Islands is fiddling while the Kiwi household budget burns, the Grocery Action Group (GAG) says. More >>
Consumers Deserve To Know How Much Anti-competitive Supermarket Land Deals Have Cost Them At The Checkout
Wednesday, 19 June 2024, 7:54 pm | Grocery Action Group
The public needs transparency around a deal the Commerce Commission has struck with Foodstuffs over its anti-competitive land covenants in the North Island, the Grocery Action Group (GAG) says. More >>
Consumers Losers In Foodstuffs Supermarket Owners Vote To Merge
Wednesday, 5 June 2024, 10:49 am | Grocery Action Group
A 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 (GAG) says. More >>
