New Grocery Commissioner for NZ
A new Grocery Commissioner will be appointed in New Zealand to hold the industry to account and a Draft Code of conduct has been released for consultation.
A new Grocery Commissioner will be appointed in New Zealand to hold the industry to account and a Draft Code of conduct has been released for consultation.
The 11,000sqm development will service stores across the South Island and transform how Countdown moves fresh produce from local growers to its customers.
While the Easter Bunny is getting a helping hand, with Kiwis snapping up Easter classics like chocolate eggs and hot cross buns early, there’s also a noticeable trend this year for ‘traditional with a twist’.
We are delighted with the outcome – this is a victory for suppliers in terms of fairness, competition, and common sense,” says Chief Executive Katherine Rich.
The new store is located right next door to where the town’s only supermarket, a Four Square, has proudly served their community since the 1950’s.
The search is on for the next FMCG entrepreneurial superstars, offering help to propel their products onto supermarkets shelves and into homes across NZ.
Filled with environmentally-conscious and future-focussed features, Countdown Waiata Shores is set to be Tamaki Makaurau’s first ever Green Star accredited supermarket.
To shop, customers just download the Aldi Shop&Go app, which allows them to enter the store, pick up their items, and simply walk out.
The new store includes freshly baked bread in-store, fresh food-to-go options, barista coffee, hot chicken and chips, a large walk-in chiller and a Lotto kiosk.
The new store has everything from freshly baked bread to healthy ‘ready-to-eat’ meals, hot chicken and chips, a Lewis Road milk dispenser into glass bottles, and – just in time for summer – ice cream by the scoop!
Wanaka New Worlds are the latest stores to provide online shopping, with Foodstuffs South Island launching the service at their New World and PAK’nSAVE stores from Motueka to Invercargill.
Kiwis are showing they care with a record $150,000 worth of food donated in the first week of this year’s Foodbank Project Christmas appeal.