Grocers feel laws restrict them
(New Zealand Press Association) NELSON. Restrictive legislation was the main problem facing the grocery trade, said the managing director of Foodstuffs (N.Z.), Ltd (Mr R. T. McGregor) in Nelson.
Mr McGregor, of Auckland, said the price restrictions imposed on grocers were “crazy” and completely unnecessary. “The grocery trade is so competitive that prices would find their own level very quickly."
Another instance of restrictive legislation concerned deep freezers. These were now required to be operated at a maximum temperature of —18 deg Celsius, with a thermometer displaying the temperature to the customer, and with the top covered. “Refrigeration experts tell us that it will be almost impossible to achieve the required temperature with many of the commercial deep-freeze units now in use. “The cost of replacing them ; will be astronomical, ‘although this will not be done immediately as the Health Department is granting some temporary dispensations.”
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33783, 4 March 1975, Page 20
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