ComCom needs more powers to regulate supermarkets, observers say
But academic says it is not possible to break up Foodstuffs in the way New Zealand First proposed.
Experts and advocates have welcomed more debate about the lack of supermarket competition.
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New Zealand First’s policy of making the supermarket sector more competitive has been welcomed, but competition experts say it does not go far enough.
University of Sydney retail academic researcher Lisa Asher also said it was not possible to break up Foodstuffs South Island (FSSI) and Foodstuffs
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