Foodstuffs challenges National to show receipts on supermarket split savings

<p>Foodstuffs has challenged National to show the receipts on how much shoppers would save under its proposed supermarket break-up after finance spokesperson Nicola Willis <a href="https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/09/17/important-questions-foodstuffs-on-nationals-break-up-plan/" target="_blank">insisted reforms would lead to lower prices at the checkout</a>.</p> <p>Foodstuffs North Island chief executive Chris Quin said New Zealanders deserved clearer answers about the costs, risks and benefits of restructuring.</p> <p>National this week <a href="https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/09/16/national-to-pursue-paknsave-and-new-world-break-up/" target="_blank">announced plans to pursue a separation</a> of Foodstuffs' supermarket chains, potentially splitting Pak'nSave from New World and Four Square, subject to Commerce Commission approval.</p> <p>Quin questioned whether the promised savings would justify the disruption involved.</p> <p>"Customers will rightly want to know what savings they can expect, when those savings would be delivered, what the restructuring would cost, and whether the promised benefits justify the disruption involved," he said.</p> <p>An MBIE-commissioned report – completed in June this year and released by the ministry on Wednesday – found a split…