Exporting is an important part of the business of many NZFGC members whose brands we see daily on supermarket shelves. For some, exporting outweighs what they sell on our shores, while others are looking to break into new markets to open up growth opportunities beyond...
Position paper on a national waste infrastructure planning approach for the waste action and investment plan (2024-28) – to Ministry for the Environment
Supermarkets are now required to display unit pricing on grocery products. The change applied from the end of August. Consumer Affairs Minister Duncan Webb said the new regulations will make it easier for consumers to compare product prices. Supermarket will be...
The food and grocery industry’s future is bright and full of opportunity – though, as always, there are challenges. Direction, focus, and shared horizons will help ensure the industry meets those challenges, makes the most of opportunities, and benefits from...
A year of huge change in the grocery sector just got more interesting with Woolworths NZ’s announcement it is rebranding its Countdown stores back to the Kiwi icon Woolworths name. Woolworths first started as a general merchandise store in Wellington in 1929 and was...
NZFGC welcomes the appointment of former Chair Pierre van Heerden as New Zealand’s inaugural Grocery Commissioner. Pierre has some 25 years’ experience across the FMCG sector, including as Executive General Manager at Sanitarium Health and Wellbeing New Zealand...
Online grocery startup Supie says it is planning physical stores as it builds towards its goal of being a potential third major grocery retailer behind Foodstuffs and Countdown. Founder and CEO Sarah Balle has told Interest.co.nz it has signed up about 55,000...
NZFGC has welcomed the passing of the Grocery Industry Competition Bill in Parliament last night. The bill will address a wide range of much-needed changes in the sector, says Chief Executive Raewyn Bleakley. “This is a giant step toward a better and fairer grocery...
