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The Commerce Commission is seeking feedback on submissions received in response to its Preliminary Issues paper on the grocery sector market study.

The number of products displaying the Health Star Rating labels continued to climb in the last quarter of last year, and now totals 5500.

The Commerce Commission has launched an online survey aimed at suppliers to help it build a detailed picture of how competition is working in the grocery sector.

The Commerce Commission has published submissions on its outline of the preliminary issues it may explore and the proposed scope for its Market Study into the Grocery Sector.

FGC’s petition seeking Parliament’s support for the establishment of a mandatory Grocery Code of Conduct for supermarkets has been tabled in Parliament.

Food and grocery businesses inside the Auckland Alert Level Boundary can now register online for travel permits to continue their work in and outside the area.

A second major study has failed to find any evidence food products or packaging are transmission routes for Covid-19.

The Commerce Commission has released a paper outlining the preliminary issues it may explore and the proposed scope for its market study into the grocery sector. 

There is no evidence food, food packaging, or food handling are a source or transmission route for Covid-19, according to a fresh international study.

The Food & Grocery Council is assuring New Zealanders the grocery supply chain across New Zealand is operating as usual, so there is no need for panic-buying.

The number of products with Health Star Rating labels has continued to climb this year despite the Covid-19 lockdown halting non-essential work in many companies for weeks.

Katherine Rich and members Pic Picot, of Pic’s Peanut Butter, and Samantha Firsow, of IRI, will be among speakers at the 2020 FMCG Business Marketing Summit in September.

The latest growth and investment guide on the food and beverage industry paints a very bright picture for the future of the key categories of dairy, meat, seafood, fresh produce and beverages.

There are now more than 5150 food products in supermarkets and stores sporting Health Star Rating labels.

One of New Zealand’s biggest honey producers and exporters, Arataki Honey, has announced two major sustainability initiatives.

FGC is one of five organisations to receive a grant from ACC to develop projects to help reduce injuries in the workplace.

AgResearch scientists are developing a method of giving New Zealand exports a “unique fingerprint” that scientifically proves their provenance and could be used to deter supply-chain fraud. 

Suppliers to the Australian supermarket duopoly of Coles and Woolworths are being squeezed as the companies fight for market share, according to a brand building specialist.

Woolworths has increased its lead as Australia’s top grocery retailer, taking its share of the total grocery market to 34% last year, up 1.4 percentage points on a year earlier.

Heinz Wattie’s Managing Director Mike Pretty is the new Chair of the NZ Food and Grocery Council. He replaces Tim Deane, former Managing Director of Goodman Fielder NZ.