Supermarket chains are counting millions of dollars in damaged stock as they ship in groceries to cover shortages and access lost to distribution centres.

It's music to the ears of shoppers - competition is forcing the two big supermarket chains to keep a lid on prices.

Markups in supermarkets are hitting both consumers and producers, as the low prices growers get for their produce are not passed on to buyers, says an MP.

A woman seeking a late-night snack was shocked to find a demonic face carved into one of her tinned pears.

The grocery industry, lest we forget, is basically trench warfare, Tim Morris insists.

In 2001, Consumers Institute head David Russell warned food prices were likely to rise once the supermarket industry shrank from three big players to two.

The largest Gilmours food-wholesaling operation in New Zealand has been sold by Foodstuffs to private owner-operators.

NZ supermarkets are rationing baby formula because of fears of a shortage caused by Chinese buyers selling it in bulk to parents back in their homeland.

Most workplaces seem ill-prepared to accommodate the new law change which would allow managers to exercise more control over workers' regular breaks.

Progressive Enterprises is to phase out its Foodtown and Woolworths brands during the next five years.

Pak'nSave has topped the list of the country's cheapest supermarkets - for the 10th year running.

New World and Four Square stores in Auckland have axed their 5c charge on plastic bags.