Auckland, New Zealand, 2017-Nov-04 — /EPR Retail News/ — This week saw the retail launch in New World Victoria Park of Eat My Lunch. This means that customers looking for a delicious lunch or dinner can purchase a Michael Meredith designed meal as part of their everyday shop, knowing that a New Zealand child will…
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, 2017-Oct-16 — /EPR Retail News/ — New World and PAK’nSAVE are pleased to show their support for the New Zealand Blood Service’s Missing Type campaign.
Customers will notice the letters O and A disappear from the New World and PAK’nSAVE’s logos on the brands’ digital channels, between October 16 and 18.
This is NZBS’s…
Auckland, New Zealand, 2017-Oct-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — New World is committed to reducing the impact of plastic waste in our environment – and the BagVote campaign was just the start.
When we launched the project the discussion was all about introducing a levy, so we wanted to ask our customers what they thought.
The overwhelming…
NEW ZEALAND: New World announces new effort to help reduce pollution
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, 2017-Sep-15 — /EPR Retail News/ — 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 -…
Supermarket shoppers in Mt Roskill are the first to try New World’s online shopping app, I shop New World.
Auckland, New Zealand, 2017-Jul-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — Foodstuffs North Island has released a beta version of the app for its New World Mt Roskill customers to test, Chief Executive Chris Quin says.
“We want to see…
Auckland, New Zealand, 2017-Jul-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — New World is responding to a growing trend for quick and healthy home-cooked dinners, allowing shoppers to get creative in the kitchen without the effort involved in planning and preparing a meal.
Just Cook It meal kits are prepared fresh in-store daily with pre-measured ingredients including meat…
Auckland, New Zealand, 2017-Jul-07 — /EPR Retail News/ — New World is partnering with well-known Registered Dietitian, Sarah Elliott from FoodSavvy, to raise awareness of the important role that food plays in bowel health.
Sarah will do this by sharing practical advice with consumers, in-store at the five New World stores located in the Hutt Valley…
Auckland, New Zealand, 2017-Jul-05 — /EPR Retail News/ — A new small-format grocery brand has entered the market with the launch of Fresh Collective by New World. The store at 10a Constellation Drive on Auckland’s North Shore is the first to showcase this new brand.
The store joined the Foodstuffs North Island co-operative in May, and has been operating under a temporary…
Auckland, New Zealand, 2017-Jan-22 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Honourable Judith Collins has today (20 January 2017) announced that the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) will be providing funding to support Foodstuffs trial of electric delivery vans across its New World and PAK’nSAVE supermarkets in 2017.
“This is the first time a commercial electric…
Auckland, New Zealand, 2016-Dec-02 — /EPR Retail News/ — It’s one of the fastest-growing parts of the country, and now it has a new supermarket too, with the newly-built New World Papakura set to open its doors next week.
The new store, built just 100 metres up the road from the old one, on East Street…
New World stores in the North Island are taking the lead in an attempt to reduce the number of plastic bags used at checkout.
Auckland, New Zealand, 2016-Oct-26 — /EPR Retail News/ — From Monday the 24th of October North Island New World customers will receive 5 cents off their shop for each reusable bag used…
Auckland, New Zealand, 2016-Sep-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — Today, the New World team, under the close supervision of Xanthe White, got their gardening gloves on and worked with the team at Starship to bring a petunia garden to life at the national children’s hospital.
Designed by top New Zealand landscape gardener, Xanthe White and author…
New World celebrates spring with mini-collectables Little Garden seedling kits
Auckland, New Zealand, 2016-Sep-15 — /EPR Retail News/ — New World's Little Shop was an instant hit in New Zealand in 2013. Kids of all ages flocked to collect mini grocery items encouraging play, swapping, and classroom learning across the country.
The promotion was so successful that New…
NEW ZEALAND: New World opens new supermarket at Woolston, Christchurch
Auckland, New Zealand, 2016-Sep-10 — /EPR Retail News/ — Christchurch's newest supermarket opened its doors today (09 September 2016), bringing a new look for Woolston, a better shopping experience for east Christchurch, and dozens of new jobs.
New World Ferry Road has been built beside the existing site…
Auckland, New Zealand, 2016-Aug-17 — /EPR Retail News/ — New World and PAK’nSAVE are pleased to be showing their support of New Zealand Blood Service (NZBS) by backing their #MissingType campaign, which aims to register 10,000 new blood donors.
A and O are the blood types most in demand due to the fact 85% of the population…
Auckland, New Zealand, 2016-Aug-01 — /EPR Retail News/ — New World is absolutely delighted to have won New Zealand’s Most Trusted Supermarket for the first time. Steve Anderson, Managing Director, Foodstuffs New Zealand says, “We think there is no higher praise than that of our customers, and this award is direct recognition that we are consistently delivering quality product, range and service,…
Auckland, New Zealand, 2016-Jun-15 — /EPR Retail News/ — Last night, more than 90 checkout operators from Manawatu New World, PAK’nSAVE and Write Price stores tested their skills against each other onstage at the Massey University Auditorium with the hope of ultimately taking out the title of Foodstuffs North Island Checker of Year.
The checkers were judged…
Recycling plastic bags just got easier for Cantabrians, with today’s South Island launch at New World Ilam of a recycling scheme that’s already netting more than a tonne of soft plastics every week.
South Island, New Zealand, 2016-Jun-13 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Soft Plastics Recycling Programme will let people dispose of soft plastics, like shopping…
New World owner-operator Jason Witehira, the winner of the 2016 Outstanding Māori Business Leaders Award, is hoping his win will serve as an inspiration for other Māori men and women. Witehira, who owns New World Victoria Park and is also chairman of the New World North Island supermarket owners' group, was honoured at the Aotearoa…
New World - Gold
Auckland, New Zealand, 2016-May-02 — /EPR Retail News/ — NEW WORLD has been proudly serving New Zealanders since 1963 and at the core of its success is the team’s promise to deliver outstanding customer service.
Steve Anderson, Managing Director, Foodstuffs (NZ) Ltd, says winning gold in our category for a second time is…
Auckland, New Zealand, 2016-Apr-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — The debates have raged, the discussions have been passionate and some tough decisions have been made and finally, New World is delighted to announce the results of the 2016 Beer & Cider Awards.
The Best in Class winners are:
Pale Ale – Epic Pale Ale
IPA –Epic Armageddon IPA…
Work has commenced on the latest New World store at the corner of East Street and Wood Street in Papakura, which means shoppers can look forward to a brand new supermarket in the not too distant future.
Auckland, New Zealand, 2016-Feb-24 — /EPR Retail News/ — Tony Catton, Foodstuffs North Island Ltd, Acting General Manager Property Development,…
Auckland, New Zealand, 2015-12-15 — /EPR Retail News/ —Foodstuffs North Island has today announced that the replacement New World Milford will open in April 2016. The brand new store is currently under construction on Kitchener Road, Milford, after the old store was demolished in March 2015.
“We had originally intended for New World Milford to open…
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, 2015-12-10 — /EPR Retail News/ — Foodstuffs North Island Limited is excited to announce that it will soon be starting work to upgrade New World Willis Street, located at 70 Willis St, Wellington.
“The planned upgrade of New World Willis Street will see improvements to both the inside and outside of the supermarket,” says Angela Bull,…
New World, this week announced that they will be the first retailer to sell the iconic, Sir Peter Blake, special edition 20th anniversary Red Socks.
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, 2015-12-8 — /EPR Retail News/ — Sir Peter Blake, one of our greatest New Zealanders, 20 years ago pulled on a humble pair of red socks, engaged a whole…
Foodstuffs innovative new recyclable butchery trays that have given the big thumbs up by customers and stores alike, with consumer research revealing a staggering 90% of customers prefer the recyclable trays to the old polystyrene foam ones.
Wellington, New Zealand, 2015-11-10 — /EPR Retail News/ — The resoundingly positive results bring to a close a trial…
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND, 2015-10-16 — /EPR Retail News/ — Foodstuffs North Island Ltd is pleased to announce that construction of the new New World in Te Kuiti is set to start on 19 October 2015.
“It is very exciting for us to start construction of the new store,” says Angela Bull, General Manager Property Development, Foodstuffs…
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND, 2015-10-15 — /EPR Retail News/ — New World and PAK’nSAVE stores across the country are partnering with the Stroke Foundation in an attempt to conduct the biggest ever simultaneous health check.
Identifying people with high blood pressure (BP) is the aim of the Big New Zealand Blood Pressure Check which takes place on…
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, 2015-8-31— /EPR Retail News/ — Nineteen New World and PAK’nSAVE stores throughout the country have been trialling a great piece of Kiwi ingenuity, a recyclable plastic meat tray, meaning the environmentally unfriendly polystyrene tray, which is commonly seen across supermarkets, days are well and truly numbered.
Creating a suitable alternative to the useful…
New World and PAK'nSAVE stores in Auckland will begin rolling out the REDcycle soft plastic recycling bins.
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, 2015-8-17— /EPR Retail News/ — Following on from our announcement in July that New World and PAK'nSAVE stores in Auckland will begin rolling out the REDcycle soft plastic recycling bins at stores to enable shoppers to bring back their…