Price check: how a public grocery chain would disrupt NZ’s supermarket duopoly
- Written by Djavlonbek Kadirov, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

It’s roughly a month since the government announced new supermarkets would qualify for fast-track approval in an effort to inject real competition into the sector. Too soon to see progress, perhaps, but not too soon to question the likely success of that approach.
While fast-tracking may address the problems of commercial zoning,...