“There has been a historic lack of action in the supermarket sector, but we have all had a sense that this has been an issue for a long time. This report today really just confirms that.”
Clark said he hoped the duopoly of Foodstuffs and Woolworths would read the report carefully, as “their reputation depends on them giving Kiwis a fair deal”.
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Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister David Clark comments on the Commerce Commission's retail grocery sector draft report.
Though Clark did not commit to one of the suggestions in the draft report of creating a state-owned supermarket chain, he did say that the report was an opportunity for the sector to change.