New Zealand Grocery Pricing API for Competitor Price Comparison (Project Launch)
This is a Show HN launch post for an API providing real-time New Zealand supermarket pricing data (Pak'nSave, New World, Woolworths) for building price-comparison tools, grocery analytics, or dynamic pricing. It documents a product launch rather than a specific unmet need.
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