Countdown has added a fourth Metro store to its New Zealand portfolio, opening the $50m outlet in Auckland’s Herne Bay.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars are at stake for food firms keen to launch products in Countdown.
Hannifin is joining Air New Zealand in a newly created sustainability role.
The grocery group wants to know who could be using its wholesale service so it can gauge demand, and get suppliers in line too.
The new facility will shore up its South Island chilled supply chain and comes just weeks ahead of the opening of its $150m Auckland Fresh DC.
The agency makes clear its stance, allowing the promotional activity to occur in supermarkets.
Countdown has opened its $18m Balclutha store after a year of construction.
Food firms conducting the popular in-store promotion will have to think again after supermarkets suspend the activity.
Applications are now open for Countdown’s Growing for Good grants which puts $50,000 of funding up for grabs for students to combat climate change.
GE Free NZ is continuing its protest regarding the domestic sale of Impossible Burgers, this time writing to the Commerce Commission to make a complaint under the Fair Trading Act.
The Great Price Winter Freeze takes in mostly private label items, with a handful of independent brands, but what will happen if costs go up?
Its New Zealand business could see H2 earnings drop almost 30% due to escalating costs, even as grocery prices rise.
Countdown has opened its new 3,650 square metre store on Greville Road on Auckland’s North Shore.
More than 1.7 million packs and individual Easter eggs and 1.3 million packets of hot cross buns have been sold in Countdown stores across Aotearoa in the run up to Easter.
Government proposals would require organisations to take action if they become aware of modern slavery or worker exploitation.
The 3,565 square metre store has been eight years in the planning, development and construction, said Countdown’s director of property, Matt Grainger.
Four Countdown supermarkets in Auckland had to temporarily close as a result of yesterday’s severe rain and flooding.
Hundreds of people are required to plug gaps in Countdown’s supply chain because of Covid-19 absenteeism.
Countdown employees working alongside Australian colleagues shipped in to fill gaps in New Zealand stores and supply chains should immediately receive pay parity and be remunerated at the significantly higher rates of their colleagues from across the ditch, First Union says.
The supply chain is being hammered with consumers warned to expect gaps.
Essential categories and lines will be prioritised as inbound product capacity at DCs is squeezed by Omicron absenteeism.
Lockdowns and higher food prices pushed Countdown’s first half food sales up 8.3% to more than NZ$4bn, according to Australian parent Woolworths.
Supermarket chain Countdown has pledged $25,000 into helping the LGBTQI+ support organisation Rainbow Youth.
Scan in, wear a mask, shop normally, be kind – a message from Countdown.
Proposed Rolleston development could add a fifth DC to Countdown’s national network, with focus on fresh and perishable product lines.
Falling sales and rising operational expenses eat into pretax profit, even as it made saving on the products it sells.
Countdown distribution centre workers at two Auckland sites have signed a new agreement that includes a 5% wage rise for the next year and a 3.9% increase for a reduced 9-month term in the following year.
Supermarket chain Countdown has mandated the Covid-19 vaccine for staff, meaning its entire 21,000-strong workforce would need to be fully vaccinated by January 10.
A record $150,000 worth of food has been donated in the first week of this year’s Foodbank Project Christmas appeal.
The 12-month programme provides access to Countdown’s customer marketing and insights teams, as well as product development and manufacturing support.
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Countdown says its supermarkets at Ferrymead, Ponsonby, Kilbirnie, Petone and Takapuna have started stocking cage-free eggs only.
The supermarket chain is consulting on a proposal that will see all of its 18,000 employees subject to a vaccine mandate.
Lockdown helped drive growth in the supermarket group’s Q1 results with e-commerce surging.
A new 3,860 square metre Countdown has opened in Hastings, developed on the same site as the original store built more than 30 years ago.
Countdown is set to build a 3,490 square metre green star-rated supermarket in a 3.4-hectare residential development in Halswell, Christchurch – the supermarket chain’s largest development to date.
A co-ordinated review of events leading to the terrorist attack that saw seven people injured at Auckland’s LynnMall Countdown on 3 September is to take place.
The supermarket group also suggests changes to planning laws and the appointment of a grocery ombudsman with oversight of the $22bn sector.
The reformulation of Countdown’s own brand products sees 141 tonnes of sugar removed over three years.
Supermarket chain Countdown hoped to re-open its LynnMall store today in Auckland today, but did not specify a time.
The return to alert level two means all Countdown stores outside of Auckland will move back to their regular trading hours from today, 9 September.
The police have completed their scene examination at the Countdown and LynnMall shopping centre following Friday’s terror attack.
Countdown has called in trauma psychologists who have met with staff who were working when a terrorist carried out an attack on shoppers in Auckland’s New Lynn supermarket on Friday.
Countdown stores throughout the Auckland region, from Pōkeno to Warworth, will open their doors to medical personnel, MIQ and emergency workers from 7am to 8am every day.
Revenue was down 6% in FY21, although online sales jumped more than 30%.
Countdown brings the opening of replacement centre forward eight weeks to help ease pressure in the North Island.
More than 2100 Countdown staff members are isolating across New Zealand.
The supermarket chain has more than 1,900 team members across Auckland and Wellington isolating and it expected that number to rise.
The $30m-plus Countdown to be developed in Auckland’s Manukau is the North Island’s first Green Star-rated store.
Countdown is launching its first South Island Metro store in Wānaka creating 14 new jobs in the Otago town.
The 12-week accelerator is focused on helping encourage a more diverse supplier base in Aotearoa.
Entrepreneur Lisa King’s non-alcoholic drinks company has secured shelf space in Countdowns across the country.
New Zealand’s two major supermarket groups say they are already taking steps to transition away from unnecessary and unwanted plastic use ahead of the government’s new measures to clamp down on single-use and difficult-to-recycle plastic by 2025.
“We are actively looking for attributes and products that will drive health and wellbeing.”
Countdown’s new 3,876 square metre Gisborne store has been officially opened by mayor Rehette Stoltz.
Countdown supermarket chain is starting to make good on its 2017 announcement that it would go cage-free in all on-shelf eggs the end of 2025.
Countdown added $25,000 to the annual grants total which saw $75,000 awarded to 71 schools and early childhood centres across the country.
Countdown’s Dunedin Central store, where four people were stabbed last week, is now open again but will have shorter trading hours for the next few days.
The Lower Hutt development includes an in-store pharmacy, bakery, deli and cellar, alongside the main supermarket which includes more than 1,500 new products.
Police have examined the scene of Monday’s attack in the Dunedin Central Countdown supermarket on Cumberland Street, with “gathering evidence from the scene” noted as one of the top priorities.
A 42-year-old man has been charged with four counts of attempted murder.
5c from every pack of hot cross buns sold was donated to KidsCan.
The supermarket has introduced Order Storage Retrieval units to its Moorhouse store at Christchurch.
In its third year, Growing for Good grants aimed inspire New Zealand kids to learn about and preserve the environment.
The action comes as pay negotiations remain “unresolved”.
Countdown’s general manager of digital was named in an event at the Civic Theatre in Auckland.
They took action after a “disappointing” settlement offer during negotiations.
The NZ-owned company has set itself some lofty sustainability and diversity goals.
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