27 Aug 2024

Consumer news: Localised grocery pricing, costly domestic

From Nine To Noon, 11:30 am on 27 August 2024
Woman shopping with trolley, holding receipt of grocery items, with food in handing, checking prices.

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Consumer NZ's head of research and advocacy Gemma Rasmussen joins Kathryn to look at the issue of localised pricing in the supermarket sector.

A joint analysis with Newsroom found that South Islanders were paying about $5 more for the same basket of items than North Islanders.

Why is it so expensive to fly domestic in New Zealand?

Consumer wants the government to do a market study of the domestic air industry.

And Gemma will talk about a new event they're launching called the 'Yeah, Nah Awards'...which will "celebrate" the dodgiest, difficult or disappointing businesses.

Gemma Rasmussen is Head of Research and Advocacy at Consumer NZ.