A claim has come that the current reforms to our supermarket sector won't bring proper competition.

Statistics New Zealand data shows that as food costs jumped 12.5 percent in the year to April, fruit and vegetables shot up 22 percent.

Westpac Industry Economist Paul Clark says methods like splitting up the duopoly would have a much more dramatic effect.

He says alongside increased food prices for New Zealanders,  there's another downside caused by the duopoly.

Clark says it means a lack of choice for consumers.

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A claim has come that the current reforms to our supermarket sector won't bring proper competition.
Statistics New Zealand data shows that as food costs jumped 12.5 percent in the year to April, fruit and vegetables shot up 22 percent.
Westpac Industry Economist Paul Clark says methods like splitting up the duopoly would have a much more dramatic effect.
He says alongside increased food prices for New Zealanders,  there's another downside caused by the duopoly.
Clark says it means a lack of choice for consumers.
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Best of Business is the home of all things business at Newstalk ZB, from morning market updates right through to incisive interviews with New Zealand’s top business leaders and decision makers.

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Paul Clark: Economist says splitting up the supermarket duopoly would have a much more dramatic effect than current reforms

Hallenstein Glasson is reporting a boost in earnings, with net profit up in the full year ended August.

The retail giant posted a net profit of $59.2 million, up from $39.5 million a year ago.

Generate investment specialist Greg Smith says the brand's doing well in Australia, but the data shows Kiwi shoppers are also contributing to the growth.

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Hallenstein Glasson is reporting a boost in earnings, with net profit up in the full year ended August.
The retail giant posted a net profit of $59.2 million, up from $39.5 million a year ago.
Generate investment specialist Greg Smith says the brand's doing well in Australia, but the data shows Kiwi shoppers are also contributing to the growth.
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Greg Smith: Generate investment specialist on Hallenstein Glasson reporting boost in earnings

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Labour's Finance spokesperson won't commit to delivering a surplus by 2029/30 if it's at the expense of restoring pay equity. 

Barbara Edmonds says she is confident Labour could deliver both. 

"For example, a choice that we would not make is $300 million for a tobacco excise tax cut." 

Labour will release its fiscal plan in coming weeks. 

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Labour's Finance spokesperson won't commit to delivering a surplus by 2029/30 if it's at the expense of restoring pay equity.&nbsp;
Barbara Edmonds says she is confident Labour could deliver both.&nbsp;
"For example, a choice that we would not make is $300 million for a tobacco excise tax cut."&nbsp;
Labour will release its fiscal plan in coming weeks.&nbsp;
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Barbara Edmonds: Labour's Finance spokesperson on Labour's plan to return the books to surplus

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National's Nicola Willis is putting the rosier Government books - unveiled today - down to Kiwis' hard work, but won't say whether they'll be repaid a dividend in the form of tax cuts. 

Forecasts predict the next two years' deficits will be much smaller, and the 2028/29 surplus nearly $2 billion larger than earlier expected. 

But much of that improvement is down to income-tax bracket creep, and more revenue from GST and company tax. 

Willis says her focus is getting debt down, to buffer against any future shock.

"Those are National's budget responsibility rules - we have to deliver on those before we start dishing out the dividend." 

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National's Nicola Willis is putting the rosier Government books - unveiled today - down to Kiwis' hard work, but won't say whether they'll be repaid a dividend in the form of tax cuts.&nbsp;
Forecasts predict the next two years' deficits will be much smaller, and the 2028/29 surplus nearly $2 billion larger than earlier expected.&nbsp;
But much of that improvement is down to income-tax bracket creep, and more revenue from GST and company tax.&nbsp;
Willis says her focus is getting debt down, to buffer against any future shock.
"Those are National's budget responsibility rules - we have to deliver on those before we start dishing out the dividend."&nbsp;
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Nicola Willis: Finance Minister on the pre-election opening of the Government books

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Paul Clark: Economist says splitting up the supermarket duopoly would have a much more dramatic effect than current reforms

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