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![Warehouse boss questions how proposed Foodstuffs merger will help lower grocery costs](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Warehouse boss questions how proposed Foodstuffs merger will help lower grocery costs
The country’s grocery sector and consumers alike will keep an eagle eye on Foodstuffs.
![Supermarket heavyweight Foodstuffs plans merger, strong reaction expected](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Supermarket heavyweight Foodstuffs plans merger, strong reaction expected
The New World and Pak'nSave operator is to apply to the Commerce Commission by Christmas.
![Opinion: Supie collapse shows supermarket break-up needed](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Opinion: Supie collapse shows supermarket break-up needed
OPINION: You can’t fix market structure problems by policing behaviour of supermarkets.
![New $10 block of cheese aces taste tests - will it kickstart a price drop?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
New $10 block of cheese aces taste tests - will it kickstart a price drop?
A store-brand basic has been described as 'actually pretty yum' by a cheese connoisseur.
![Supie collapse: Five reasons start-ups suddenly find it harder to get funding](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Supie collapse: Five reasons start-ups suddenly find it harder to get funding
A venture capital explainer. Plus: What National will and won’t do for start-ups and VCs.
![Why Supie didn’t have enough cash to pay staff: 'We busted our a**es for that place'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Why Supie didn’t have enough cash to pay staff: 'We busted our a**es for that place'
Supie completed its second capital raise before going into voluntary administration.
!['People were crying': No money to pay 120 Supie staff](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
'People were crying': No money to pay 120 Supie staff
The online grocery start-up pitched itself as a challenger to the big two chains.
![Cost of living breakthrough? Food prices fall in September](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Cost of living breakthrough? Food prices fall in September
After months of punishing hikes, how much did food prices change in September?
![Whangārei baker rises above national competition to win Baker of the Year](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Whangārei baker rises above national competition to win Baker of the Year
Bethany Friend says her award-winning skills began at a young age with her grandmother.
![Opinion: Why does food cost so much in a land of plenty?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Opinion: Why does food cost so much in a land of plenty?
OPINION: Bryan Bruce asks how can we do things differently to benefit all?
![Aisle be watching: Supermarket chain sets up self-service cameras to catch cheats](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Aisle be watching: Supermarket chain sets up self-service cameras to catch cheats
The goal is to prevent mis-scans at the checkout, Woollies says.
![Bryce Edwards: How Labour's tax cut will do little but benefit the rich](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Bryce Edwards: How Labour's tax cut will do little but benefit the rich
OPINION: The average shopper is unlikely to see any real change in supermarket prices.
![What will putting supermarkets under the spotlight change?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
What will putting supermarkets under the spotlight change?
OPINION: What can be done, legally, to prevent supermarkets ripping us off?
!['Count up': Kiwis mock supermarket name change during cost of living crisis](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
'Count up': Kiwis mock supermarket name change during cost of living crisis
Countdown is changing its branding back to Woolworths in a $400m move.
![Man accused of urinating on goods at supermarket, causing $15k loss](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Man accused of urinating on goods at supermarket, causing $15k loss
Its alleged the 31-year-old has also pinched thousands of dollars worth of grocery items.
![New app helps Kiwis compare supermarket prices](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
New app helps Kiwis compare supermarket prices
NZ company Sumfood launched FoodSpies to provide transparency on grocery costs.
![New watchdog to police supermarket sector, 'blow the whistle' on ripoffs](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
New watchdog to police supermarket sector, 'blow the whistle' on ripoffs
A shakeup of the uncompetitive supermarket sector in NZ is already under way.
![Cabinet in October to consider requiring supermarket giants to sell stores](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Cabinet in October to consider requiring supermarket giants to sell stores
Govt officials do cost-benefit analysis around supermarket divestment.
![More supermarket chains needed but HB 'would be last cab off the rank'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
More supermarket chains needed but HB 'would be last cab off the rank'
Hawke's Bay could wait a long time for another supermarket chain to begin operating here.
![Editorial: Check out what the supermarkets have done](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Editorial: Check out what the supermarkets have done
OPINION: Our editorial on attempts to regulate competition into the FMCG sector.
![Revealed: What a supermarket lease imposes on a landlord](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Revealed: What a supermarket lease imposes on a landlord
$40b grocery sector tells select committee supermarket leases need reining in.