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BusinessJust how bad is the supermarket duopoly for New Zealand?
For years, New Zealand’s grocery market has been dominated by just two players: Foodstuffs and Woolworths. Today, Foodstuffs owns New World, Pak’n Save, 4Square and Gilmours, and Woolworths owns Woolworths and SuperValue. Together they hold 88% of the entire food and produce market outside Auckland and 71% within it. It began when the Commerce Commission […]
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Just how bad is the supermarket duopoly for New Zealand?
For years, New Zealand’s grocery market has been dominated by just two players: Foodstuffs and Woolworths. Today, Foodstuffs owns New World, Pak’n Save, 4Square and Gilmours, and Woolworths owns Woolworths and SuperValue. Together they hold 88% of the entire food and produce market outside Auckland and 71% within it. It began when the Commerce Commission […]
Glamping on a cliff: Inside Gilligan Sheppard’s annual conference
I had never been to a work conference before. As a graduate, I’m fresh skin not only to the firm but to the industry itself. So, when I arrived at the cliffside glamping site, I had nothing to compare it to. Just fresh eyes. Here is what I took away. Setting the bar on day one Glamping on the […]
From $300 million exit to fractional CFO: How Julian built a business around what founders need most
And why the merger with Gilligan Sheppard is the next chapter in helping growing businesses succeed… Julian doesn’t own a Porsche, nor a Haines Hunter. After being part of a $300 million company sale, the only thing he upgraded was his garden shed. “I’m not that guy,” he says with a laugh. Instead, he spent […]
Fresh Perspectives: New Voices at Gilligan Sheppard
Two of our newest team members share their first impressions of the market, the work, and what makes this place different. There’s something uniquely valuable about fresh eyes. When you’re new to a company, or new to the workforce entirely, you notice things that others might overlook. You ask the questions that long-timers stopped asking […]
An unexpected path to accounting
Recently, someone asked me what sparked my interest in becoming an accountant, and it gave me a moment to pause and reflect. Accounting isn’t always the career that people dream about as kids, but once you’re in it, you begin to see just how impactful and rewarding it can be. It wasn’t the career I […]
