It's music to the ears of shoppers - competition is forcing the two big supermarket chains to keep a lid on prices.

Supermarket chain Pak'nSave has again been voted New Zealand's cheapest supermarket, Consumer NZ says.

A woman seeking a late-night snack was shocked to find a demonic face carved into one of her tinned pears.

In 2001, Consumers Institute head David Russell warned food prices were likely to rise once the supermarket industry shrank from three big players to two.

The grocery industry, lest we forget, is basically trench warfare, Tim Morris insists.

A cut-price supermarket chain in Australia is offering a $108,000 starting salary to university graduates, prompting further concern over the increasing wage gap between New Zealand and Australia.

Most workplaces seem ill-prepared to accommodate the new law change which would allow managers to exercise more control over workers' regular breaks.

Progressive Enterprises is to phase out its Foodtown and Woolworths brands during the next five years.

Pak'nSave has topped the list of the country's cheapest supermarkets - for the 10th year running.

New World and Four Square stores in Auckland have axed their 5c charge on plastic bags.