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IrelandFoodstuffs' Quin says cheaper groceries need cost reform, not break-up
Ryan Bridge's interview puts regulation and competition under scrutiny as the supermarket chief responds to Nicola Willis's exit.
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Story of Why this story? One of the most watched videos since yesterday, with 13,147 views.
‘We’re grocers, not politicians’: Foodstuffs on the exit of Nicola Willis | Ryan Bridge TODAY
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- 0:00Bridge says a government-commissioned report estimates a supermarket break-up would reduce grocery bills by only 1%.
- 1:13Bridge lists biosecurity rules and minimum wage increases among the food-price drivers highlighted in the report.
- 2:30Asked which regulations could go, Quin points to biosecurity and compliance burdens.
- 3:26Quin's message to Luxon is cooperation on food costs, certainty and support for long-term investment.
Breaking up New Zealand's supermarket duopoly sounds like a direct route to cheaper shopping. Ryan Bridge opens his interview with a much smaller estimate: a government-commissioned report, he says, suggests it would probably trim grocery bills by just 1%.
That finding sets the terms for his conversation with Foodstuffs North Island chief executive Chris Quin on Ryan Bridge TODAY. The NZ Herald upload has drawn about 13,000 views in its first hours, bringing a familiar household concern into the post-election political discussion.
Quin agrees with the report's argument against structural intervention. He wants the focus on the costs of producing and selling food, including regulation, biosecurity requirements and compliance. When Bridge asks which rules could go, Quin points to those burdens as areas to examine.
"Look, the good news for us is we're grocers, not politicians," Quin says. Asked about Foodstuffs' message to Christopher Luxon, he calls for cooperation, certainty and conditions that support long-term investment.
There is a distinction worth keeping clear: the report's estimate concerns the potential saving from a break-up, not how much grocery prices could fall through other changes. Quin's proposed alternative is to tackle costs across the industry.
Viewers' questions concentrate on another part of that equation: supermarket profits and whether lower operating costs would actually reach shoppers. Bridge's interview establishes what Foodstuffs wants government to do; that pass-through question remains central to the discussion.
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