Foodstuffs break-up would cut 1-3% off grocery prices – biosecurity, labour costs bigger factors, Coriolis report

Kate MacNamaraBusiness Journalist·NZ Herald·9 Nov, 2026 08:00 PM9 mins to read‌Labour's Willie Jackson and National's Paul Goldsmith discuss supermarket competition and whether politicians can use the c-word in Parliament. Video / Ryan Bridge TODAYGovernment-commissioned advice on New Zealand’s food and grocery sector pointed to factors that make prices unusually high and cutting them would, in many instances, require deep political reforms. The work, provided by consultancy Coriolis, painted the supermarket duopoly as a minor driver of high prices