Supermarket postcode pivot upped risk of price collusion – regulator

Woolworths’ decision to introduce localised pricing across its 185 stores increases the risk of price coordination in the supermarket duopoly – and even more so if the Foodstuffs merger were approved.
In early August, Newsroom Pro revealed Woolworths had quietly introduced localised pricing, meaning the prices for its goods would no longer be the same right across New Zealand.