Split supermarket duopoly from wholesale arms
What it actually does
Labour would require Foodstuffs and Woolworths to separate their wholesale operations from their supermarkets, creating independently run wholesalers that must supply smaller grocers on fair terms. It would also remove restraint-of-trade rules that stop stores such as Four Square from cutting prices, switching chains or going independent.
Source: RNZ · 2026-09
The Trump take
“They want to break up the supermarkets? I like breaking things up when it's my idea. When it's their idea, it's socialism, folks, total socialism in the cereal aisle.”parody
Why it scored this way
Deals & property
Government-ordered break-up of private companies
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Hates it
Red tape
New structural rules on the grocery sector
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Dislikes it
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