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Where did all the toilet paper go? The truth about panic buying

People tend to panic buy in times of crisis, often leading to big shortages.

Liam Dann: Is the ComCom a 22-year-old failure?

OPINION: New Zealand lacks adequate competition in key industries.

Zoo launches app to check palm oil content of groceries

Palm oil is found in more than half the products you find in the supermarket.

Sustainable Business: Evolving standards and investor expectations

Articulate information helps investors and consumers to make good decisions.

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.

Consumer confidence ‘creeping’ back to life, says ANZ

Expectations for the housing market were the strongest in almost two years.

Power move: Whanganui woman saves Rugby World Cup viewing

'We were all annoyed about the timing but Val was the one who got on the phone.'

Household living costs accelerate, outstrip inflation

The spa pool and sofa economy is dead. Long live the post-pandemic economy?

Got AirNZ Covid credits? The arline has just announced a key update

Qantas waived expiry dates on credits last month. Will Air NZ do the same?

Big supermarket loyalty cards under fire from Consumer NZ

Foodstuffs rejects claim dismissing "loyalty".

Consumer Watchdog critical as Contact Energy hikes prices by 10pc

Price rise for around half the firm's customers. Move follows broadband price rise.

$478K in refunds for Slingshot and Orcon customers over undisclosed break fees

Payments, which follow High Court action, range between $149 and $250 per customer.

Sasha Borissenko: The loyalty cards tracking your almost every move

OPINION: A moment of silence for the million-odd Onecards scattered around NZ.

The Disputes Tribunal ruling that could get you out of a parking ticket

The man was given a $65 fine for parking too long at a supermarket.

Watchdog calls power-broadband deals ‘bundles of confusion’

Power companies respond. Plus: our telco czar's next two targets.

Sasha Borissenko: Supermarket reforms - is that it?

OPINION: New grocery code has fewer loosey-goosey contracts, but little else.