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Focus: Auckland City Mission winter appeal amid cost-of-living crisis

GM of the Auckland City Mission Jacqui Dillon says more Kiwis are struggling this winter as the cost-of-living crisis bites. Video / Alex Burton

Watch: Arnott’s new Auckland factory will cater for local tastes

The company will release a new local range of biscuits next month.

Focus: Supermarket trolley locks installed as public backlash grows against dumpings

Countdown has rolled out trolley locks at 12 undisclosed stores amid public backlash of dumping within communities. Video / NZ Herald

K Road pie shop failure blamed on Covid lockdowns

The popular dessert shop faced debt that couldn't be covered after the pandemic.

Auckland fast-food outlets insolvent after pandemic 'killed' business, owe $300k to IRD

The Commercial Bay and Westfield Albany outlets went into liquidation last month.

End of era at popular takeaways shop - but new beginnings

Couple step aside from popular takeaways business after 25 years.

Retail sales down, signs of 'stark' year for Kiwi households

Some sectors sacrificed as surging cost of living forces tough choices.

Daldang introduces Kiwis to the Korean-fusion dessert ‘fatcaron’

Sun Hoon Kim brought fatcarons to NZ after the explosion of K-Pop in 2017.

Annual food prices rise 12.5 per cent, largest increase since 1987

Fruit and vegetables and grocery prices leading the way.

Bad news for beer-drinkers: CO2 costs ‘through the roof’ for local craft brewery

Garage Project warns it may need to pass higher costs onto customers.

Pead liquidates NZ arm of Australian food business Krumbled for PR fees, costs

The venture was so unsuccessful that not even the food survived. It was destroyed.

Wendy’s failed to pay workers for public holidays

The NZ arm of American burger chain Wendy's failed to pay its staff for public holidays.

Cost of living: 300,000 more Kiwis worrying about money weekly

But it's the younger generation that are feeling most worried about money.

Data shows official inflation rates underestimates Kiwis' true pain

Who is feeling inflation the most and why.

Blackball’s black garlic experiment

Blackball business owners decided to find a way to make black garlic on the West Coast.

The Kiwi grocery startup using ChatGPT for big business results

Grocery startup Teddy says ChatGPT lets company compete with heavy hitters in food retail.