The Ministry of Health has backtracked on a claim by the Director-General of Health that RAT kits requisitioned from private businesses were not already in New Zealand when the Ministry took them, Stuff reports. It says last month, when news broke that the Ministry...
Orders by food and grocery companies of many thousands of Rapid Antigen Test kits have been intercepted by the Government to bolster its low stocks, says FGC. In most cases, companies had been invoiced and paid a deposit, only for orders to be cancelled. One company...
The Government should review stand-down periods for close contacts, the definition of a close contact, and enable businesses to readily access rapid antigen testing, says Katherine Rich. Doing this will help ensure New Zealand’s food and grocery supply chains...
Kiwis are buying sunscreen products at astonishing levels, with a 9.9% year-on-year increase in sales revealed today as the country continues to bask in a long, hot summer, setting a category record for the past three years. The New Zealand Suncare Initiative and New...
Te kawe i te haepapa para / Taking responsibility for our waste: Proposals for a new waste strategy – issues and options for new waste legislation – to Ministry for the Environment Document
Stuff business reporter Tom Pullar-Strecker has summarised the Commerce Commission’s 7 days of online hearings in its Grocery Market Study. He writes the Commission has been left with two viable choices: attempt to clear the way for “like-for-like” competition for a...
As the Commerce Commission’s virtual conference on its Grocery Market Study continues, commentator Ernie Newman reviews the first few days of what he calls compelling viewing. His article in the New Zealand Herald begins: “In a lockdown almost any pastime beats...
The NZ Food & Grocery Council and Consumer NZ have published a joint open letter to Parliament today calling for a shake-up of the supermarket industry. They want the following changes to benefit consumers and suppliers: A mandatory Code of Conduct for...
NZ Herald reporter Kate MacNamara interviews Katherine Rich and looks at the supermarket duopoly, the market study, and the changes needed. It begins: “The goliath market power of New Zealand’s supermarket duopoly is now clearly in slingshot range of the...
