Supermarket concentration benefits stores, not shoppers. It’s time to split Foodstuffs – not make it stronger
- Written by Lisa Asher, Retail Expert, PhD Candidate & Sessional Academic, University of Sydney
The proposed merger of Foodstuffs North Island and Foodstuffs South Island raises the prospect of even less choice for New Zealanders in what is an already heavily concentrated market. But will regulators prevent it from happening?
New Zealand currently has just three major supermarket entities: the two Foodstuffs cooperatives (member-owned...
