Facial recognition and work from home | Focus Morning Bulletin September 25, 2024
Facial recognition in supermarkets hailed a success, tensions rise amid the ongoing conflict in Lebanon and can your boss really force you back to the office?
AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.
Latest fromFoodstuffs
Letters: Don't we want cheaper groceries?
OPINION: 'More expensive bureaucrats to roll back existing bureaucrats.'
Sweet as ... no? Chocolate set to get more expensive
There is a warning worse may be to come.
Opinion: Why supermarkets need a regulatory kick up the backside
OPINION: Unfortunately, a level playing field is not much use if nobody turns up to play.
Political Roundup: Time to break up the supermarket duopoly
OPINION: New Zealanders have some of the most expensive groceries in the world.
Editorial: NZ needs a third major supermarket player
OPINION: Tinkering around the edges has not been enough to make a difference.
Grocery Commissioner Pierre van Heerden is working ahead of schedule to drive sector change
The Commerce Commission is planning an inquiry into the Grocery Industry Competition Act. Video | NZHerald
Supermarket sector has no meaningful competition, Commerce Commission says
The watchdog has released its first annual report on the state of the grocery sector.
Commerce Commission supermarket pricing recommendations 'not going far enough'
Consumer NZ says the Commerce Commission’s recommendations over food pricing don’t go far enough, and believes they put too much onus on consumers.
'Unacceptable': Supermarket pricing errors costing Kiwis millions each year
“Consumers should be able to trust that the price advertised is what they will pay."
Editorial: Price of supermarket fruit and vegetables at crisis point
OPINION: When a single tomato costs $3, something has got to give.
Crunching the numbers: How does a grocery shop compare to 2022?
What happens when the price at the checkout keeps rising but your budget does not?
Opinion: Time to tighten NZ competition law amid Foodstuffs merger debate
Economist's century-old theory criticised in debate over supermarket consolidation.
Foodstuffs North Island fined $3.25m for anti-competitive land covenants
Foodstuffs fined for efforts to hinder rivals from opening or expanding.
Public sector cuts and food costs hurting kids' diets | Morning Bulletin August 8, 2024
In today's headlines with Susie Nordqvist, Public sector cuts top $58m, investigation against Casketeers' star dropped and food costs hurting kids' diets. Video / NZ Herald / Getty
Opinion: The curious case of competition law and Foodstuffs
Opinion: Imagine if every major company was neatly divided between our major islands.
'We need to be accountable back to NZers': Supermarket boss Chris Quin on cost of living crunch
And how losing both his parents at 21 affected his outlook on life.
Liam Dann: Why I hope Tindall’s The Warehouse takeover is a winner this time
OPINION: Consumers are crying out for a third supermarket chain.
Cooked chook turns fowl: Hawke’s Bay family get more than they bargain for
Ooze began seeping through the unremoved innards inside.
Editorial: The tasty prospect of The Warehouse taking on the supermarket duopoly
OPINION: There are hoops and hurdles but a big third player would be welcomed.
Twenty-five new jobs in Havelock North as New World supermarket opens
Richard Lucas describes the new store as a 'game changer'.
Grocery shopping today? Here's what you need to know about supermarkets after IT outage
However some self-serve kiosks are still down.
'Forced out': 93yo yet to find buyer for home surrounded by supermarket build
Foodstuffs says it offered to pay well above CV for home. Owner says he never got an offer
Commerce Commission probe rolls on as boss sells benefits of merging Foodstuffs co-ops
The BFG: is supermarket giant Foodstuffs' merger move friendly or otherwise?
Giant new 1.7ha warehouse: Cotton On expands in NZ
Originally opened here in 2006. Now has 1000-plus staff in around 100 stores in NZ.
Havelock North businesses concerned about road safety during New World build
Business owners in Havelock North are worried about safety and a lack of consultation.
Flaxmere lost New World, Havelock North gets new replacement store
Opening date announced for replacement supermarket in affluent, growing area.
$150m+ investment: Where are eight new Foodstuffs North Island replacement supermarkets going?
Economic downturn didn't dent our food market: biggest owner expanding, replacing stores.
Property Insider: Graeme Hart’s businesses move; why sell a valuable Pak’nSave?
Graeme Hart companies are doing a switcheroo: moving from one building to another.
ComCom extends decision on Foodstuffs merger, again
Companies running Pak’nSave, New World and Four Square stores want to merge.
Foodstuffs faces High Court action over blocking rival supermarkets opening
Consumers the losers with land covenants, watchdog says.
Arena Williams: Forget tax cuts, Kiwis overpay for their groceries every week
OPINION: It's not in National's DNA to limit corporate power.
Competition head-on: NZ's biggest new Pak'nSave rising beside rival Woolworths
Newcomer makes a bold challenge, developing giant store right next door.