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New Four Square Albert Town means greater convenience
Wednesday, 19 December 2018, 11:44 am | Foodstuffs Limited
A newly opened Four Square supermarket in Albert Town, just outside Wanaka, is promising greater convenience for locals and visitors. More >>
Foodstuffs North Island’s most-valued employee
Tuesday, 20 November 2018, 8:17 am | Foodstuffs Limited
Foodstuffs North Island has named accountant Joan Verhoeven its most-valued employee of 2018. More >>
Kāpiti-Horowhenua Electric Charging Stations Underway
Thursday, 15 November 2018, 8:43 am | Foodstuffs Limited
The first of six more electric vehicle (EV) fast charging stations spanning the Kāpiti and Horowhenua regions has opened at PAK'nSAVE Kāpiti at Coastlands Mall. More >>
New World backing 1,000 acts of community action
Thursday, 8 November 2018, 3:26 pm | Foodstuffs Limited
New World supermarkets are donating $50,000 worth of groceries to the Student Volunteer Army’s Spring campaign to help hundreds of communities around New Zealand. More >>
New World Morrinsville plugs into electric vehicle charger
Monday, 29 October 2018, 2:36 pm | Foodstuffs Limited
An electric vehicle fast charger has opened at New World Morrinsville for customers to top up as they shop. The charger is a result of strong collaboration between ChargeNet, Foodstuffs, EECA and Powerco. More >>
New World wins big at Devro Sausage Competition
Friday, 19 October 2018, 12:23 pm | Foodstuffs Limited
We’ve been banging on about how good our store-made sausages are for years, and now we’ve snagged the top honour. More >>
Queensland strawberry issue
Thursday, 13 September 2018, 1:35 pm | Foodstuffs Limited
Ahead of the New Zealand strawberry season kicking off, New World, PAK'nSAVE and Four Square stores are stocking some Australian strawberries. More >>
New World supermarkets set for synchronised sausage sizzle
Wednesday, 29 August 2018, 4:35 pm | Foodstuffs Limited
Staff at nearly 140 New World stores are priming their barbecues for one of the largest synchronised cook-ups in the country: New World’s annual Largest Sausage Sizzle for Starship. More >>
Eleventh hour rescue of free lunch scheme for schools
Friday, 10 August 2018, 8:43 am | Foodstuffs Limited
The children who have been supported by Fill Their Lunchbox, which recently had to close its doors, have been thrown a lifeline by Foodstuffs South Island and Eat My Lunch. Eat My Lunch is similar to the Christchurch social enterprise and currently ... More >>
Want to know where the best of the best are found?
Friday, 3 August 2018, 4:07 pm | Foodstuffs Limited
Last night Foodstuffs North Island celebrated the best of the best at the annual Co-Op Awards. The winners show they are stand out leaders in their field – and drive exceptional loyalty from customers and their teams alike. More >>
No more checkout bags
Friday, 3 August 2018, 9:27 am | Foodstuffs Limited
Foodstuffs has announced today that from 1 January 2019, all retail* and wholesale brands in the 100% New Zealand owned and operated Co-operative will no longer offer plastic checkout bags. More >>
Avoiding a stoush in the supermarket over plastic bags
Monday, 2 July 2018, 4:32 pm | Foodstuffs Limited
Antoinette Laird, Foodstuffs NZ. … We’re definitely all on a journey with the shift out of single use plastic bags, however we believe there won’t be the same degree of customer frustration seen in Australia, for a few key reasons. Firstly, ... More >>
Manawatū’s top supermarket checkers
Wednesday, 20 June 2018, 10:46 am | Foodstuffs Limited
Last night, 80 checkout operators from New World and PAK’nSAVE stores across the Manawatū region went till-to-till in Foodstuffs North Island’s 70th annual Checker of the Year competition, which has attracted a record number of entries this year. More >>
Wellington’s top supermarket checkers
Tuesday, 19 June 2018, 10:48 am | Foodstuffs Limited
Last night, 83 checkout operators from New World and PAK’nSAVE stores across the Wellington region went till-to-till in Foodstuffs North Island’s 70th annual Checker of the Year competition, which has attracted a record number of entries this year. More >>
Competition reveals Taranaki’s top supermarket checkers
Wednesday, 13 June 2018, 9:20 am | Foodstuffs Limited
Last night, 38 checkout operators from New World and PAK’nSAVE stores across the Taranaki region went till-to-till in Foodstuffs North Island’s 70th annual Checker of the Year competition, which has attracted a record number of entries this year. More >>
Bay of Plenty’s top supermarket checkers
Tuesday, 12 June 2018, 10:13 am | Foodstuffs Limited
Last night, around 100 checkout operators from New World, PAK’nSAVE and Four Square stores across the Bay of Plenty region went till-to-till in Foodstuffs North Island’s 70th annual Checker of the Year competition, which has attracted a record number ... More >>
NZ shoppers welcome the start of summer stonefruit season
Tuesday, 12 December 2017, 3:20 pm | Foodstuffs Limited
The summer stonefruit season is only 10 weeks long, from mid-December to March, but New Zealanders certainly make the most of it. Figures from Summerfruit NZ show that in the 2016-17 season, New Zealanders consumed 4,064 tonnes of nectarines; 3,579 ... More >>
Stars Everywhere at Starship Thanks to Little Garden
Tuesday, 19 September 2017, 9:32 am | Foodstuffs Limited
Today the team at New World has really kicked things up a notch, aiming to triple the amount raised through Little Garden last year, with this year’s Little Starflower for Starship. The Starflower (also known as Borage) is available today for a limited ... More >>
New World sausage sizzle raises more than $40k for Starship
Friday, 15 September 2017, 2:33 pm | Foodstuffs Limited
New World sausage sizzle raises more than $40,000 for Starship A nationwide sausage sizzle put on by New World supermarkets around the country has raised more than $40,000 for New Zealand’s national children’s hospital, Starship Child Health. On Saturday, ... More >>
New World asks New Zealand to vote on plastic bags
Thursday, 14 September 2017, 2:03 pm | Foodstuffs Limited
New World supermarkets are giving customers the opportunity to vote on whether to keep plastic bags free or bring in a five or 10 cent charge for each plastic bag they use at the checkout - in a concerted effort to reduce pollution. More >>