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	Podcast:		The Front Page
	Episode:		Is government intervention needed to break up NZ's supermarket duopoly?
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:19:57
	Publish Date:		2024-07-17 17:00:00
	Description:		An investigation into the supermarket majors is underway as a merger of hundreds of stores around New Zealand fails to satisfy our competition watchdog. Ahead of its final decision later this year, the Commerce Commission said that a merger of Foodstuffs North Island and Foodstuffs South Island would effect “significant structural change” in the sector – and it continues to have concerns around competition. It’s all while the commission’s investigating after Consumer NZ lodged a complaint claiming supermarkets were engaging in ‘misleading pricing’. So, what will all of this mean for you, and the price of your weekly grocery shop? Today on The Front Page, we’re talking all things supermarkets, first with NZ Herald reporter Kate MacNamara, and then with independent consultant, Ernie Newman. Follow The Front Page on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. You can read more about this and other stories in the New Zealand Herald, online at nzherald.co.nz, or tune in to news bulletins across the NZME network. Host: Chelsea Daniels Sound Engineer: Paddy Fox Producer: Ethan Sills See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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