This is edition 2025/120 of the Ten@10 newsletter.
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1. Supermarket shake-up: How fast-track and government land could boost competition
Malcom McCracken
- 🛒 Increasing competition in the grocery sector is a government goal.
- 🏢 The main players are Woolworths NZ and Foodstuffs NZ.
- 📊 Concerns exist about their high market share.
- 📈 Commerce Commission surveys show high customer reliance on these stores.
- 📜 New Zealand Initiative proposes the Fast-Track Supermarket Entry and Expansion Omnibus Bill.
- 🚀 The proposal aims to streamline supermarket entry barriers.
- 🌐 Components include planning process reforms and transport objection overrides.
- 🏞️ Government land could support supermarket development.
- 🌆 Potential sites include surplus council and Crown lands.
- 💼 Proposed process involves site evaluation, EOI, and RFP stages.
- 💡 Aim is to attract new supermarket players and enhance market competition.
