New Zealanders have less choice over their grocery shop than consumers in most developed countries. Breaking up the existing supermarket conglomerates would be a next logical step.
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A push to overhaul laws to stamp out land banking is part of a Government bid to crack down on anti-competitive and unconscionable conduct by supermarkets.
The competition watchdog reported hearing ‘concerning’ reports from suppliers about being paid prices below the cost of production but having ‘little choice but to agree to highly unfavourable terms’.
Supply chain improvements could help lower the food insecurity rate and reduce food waste while boosting profits for retailers.
Foodstuffs has applied to merge its North and South Island operations. But this move will only further concentrate market power and the biggest losers will be New Zealand consumers.
Convenience stores are often there when we need them for some top-up shopping, but now they offer so much more.
The Nationals have had a major win in having the opposition commit give the ACCC divestiture powers.
Millions of people are being urged to take part in Plastic Free July. Yet we know consumer choice is only one part of the picture. Eliminating plastic waste requires broader structural change.
The Emerson review could have recommended binding arbitration and giving courts the power to force supermarket chains to divest stores, but what it has recommended will put the big chains on notice.
The government has accepted all the recommendations in the final report of an inquiry done by a former Labor minister Craig Emerson.
Coles’ decision is likely more of a precautionary move that reflects its own specific supply chain. It will also help deter against panic buying.
Rising food costs mean more people are turning to the black market to feed themselves – but this has consequences for business and consumers.
Here are some cheaper, healthy alternatives to olive oil.
Branding experts have long used visual cues to communicate with consumers – but the rising cost of living is changing the nature of their messaging.
Frozen food retailer Iceland says it wants to amplify its customers’ voices – but there’s a lack of transparency in its plans.
The Rotorua woman wrongly identified by a supermarket facial recognition system says ethnicity was a ‘huge factor’. Her case shows why human-centered design is needed to avoid misuse, bias and harm.
Inquiry into supermarkets finds that the mandatory code should apply to supermarkets with annual revenues of more than $5 billion and should consider increasing infringement notice amounts.
Ingredients, manufacturing, transportation and marketing factor into higher prices for allergen-free products.
Turning two big supermarket companies into one even larger one could harm consumers and workers, the government says.
We really are being charged more than we used to be. If the government is concerned about price gouging, it could try this bold idea: offering its own low-cost bank loans.
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Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Retailing and Consumer Behaviour, University of Tasmania
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Associate Dean - School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Economics, Monash University
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Professor in Sustainable Production and Consumption, Anglia Ruskin University
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Professor of Marketing, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Public Health Policy, Deakin University
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Associate professor, and Associate Director of the Global Obesity Centre, Deakin University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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PhD, Political Economy, Macquarie University
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PhD Candidate, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, RMIT University
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Lecturer, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Professor of Retail Studies and Deputy Principal, University of Stirling
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Emeritus Professor, University of Nottingham, (currently CEO and Senior Vice President of the PETRA Group), University of Nottingham
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Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne
