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The Flip Side
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Squeeze on suppliers brings regulation down on supermarket heads

Actions by Foodstuffs’ North Island have forced government’s hand.

Dita De Boni Wed, 04 Aug 2021

In 2019, the Foodstuffs North Island (Pak’nSave and New World) supermarket chain turned the final screw on its long-suffering suppliers and, in doing so, its massive overreach has forced the political interference in the grocery trade we are now about to experience.

Not before time either. It

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Dita De Boni Wed, 04 Aug 2021
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