Bob LeFridge 
ComCom has turned down Foodstuffs' proposed merger of their North and South Island operations.
“The proposed merger would reduce the number of major buyers of grocery products in New Zealand from three to two, reducing the number of buyers for many suppliers to supply their products to, and creating the largest acquirer of grocery products in New Zealand."
https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/10/01/commerce-commission-says-no-to-proposed-foodstuffs-merger/
