Business.Scoop » Forced Supermarket Separation A Retrograde Step
After publishing: 1 headline quietly rewritten1 change
- nzherald.co.nzseen 19 Sept, 11:35headline rewritten
'Have to fight this': Foodstuffs claims supermarket plan would push up food costs'Really quite shocking': New World owner reacts to supermarket proposal
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Wed, 16 September 2026
3 reports- scoop.co.nz07:45
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- nzherald.co.nz20:41edited after publishing
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'Have to fight this': Foodstuffs claims supermarket plan would push up food costsFoodstuffs North Island chair says the policy could push prices up.
Thu, 17 September 2026
1 report- scoop.co.nz20:30The Question Is Not How Many Supermarket Chains We Should Have. The Question Is Who Should Own Them?
In line with Progressive Party policy, the objective would be to develop economic democracy—giving consumers and workers a meaningful stake in the enterprises that provide essential goods and services.
Fri, 18 September 2026
2 reports- nzherald.co.nz03:11
Another supermarket owner in the region said he was 'bewildered' and in 'disbelief'.
- rnz.co.nz03:45
Foodstuffs North Island says an overhaul of the supermarket sector must be guided by evidence, not assumptions.