Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said this week that she would "not be surprised" if the Commerce Commission conducted a market study into the supermarket sector, once legislation allows it to. New Zealand's supermarket industry has two main players: Foodstuffs and Countdown. But commentator Shamubeel Eaqub​ said, as a duopoly, it was exactly the sort of market that the Commerce Commission should look at. 123RF New Zealand's grocery market is a duopoly of two main providers. However, it was very rare for anything to be turned down by the Commerce Commission back then."

Source: Stuff October 12, 2018 03:00 UTC