31 May 2022

Supermarket duopoly shake up necessary - Consumer NZ

From Morning Report, 8:10 am on 31 May 2022

Consumer advocacy groups are giving moves to shake up the supermarket duopoly the thumbs up.

The government has accepted all but two of the recommendations from a Commerce Commission study into supermarkets.

It's instead taking an even harder line on those two - opting for annual reviews of competition in the sector, and a mandatory wholesale access regime.

While it's stopped short of forcing the two big chains to sell off assets, the Consumer Affairs Minister David Clark told Checkpoint that's still an option.

Consumer NZ chief executive Jon Duffy spoke to Susie Ferguson.