New Zealand news & analysis

Countdown in New Zealand has launched a new app for its click & collect online pick up service, which will help enhance its service. Alerts for both customers and the store The new app will make click & collect even more convenient for customers, plus help drive more efficient in-store operations. The app is able to tell customers when their shopping is available for collection, plus will a...

New World in New Zealand has announced that it will be phasing out the use of plastics bags. This matches Countdown's announcement last week and is a significant move to reduce the number of shopping bags in the system. Bag free by end of 2018 Following a trail which asked customers to either pay five cents per bag, 10 cents per bag or no charge at all, New World has announced that they w...

Countdown in New Zealand has announced that it will be phasing out the use of plastics bags, with New World also testing a similar policy. Countdown leads ban on bags Countdown has announced that they will remove single-use plastic bags from its stores by the end of 2018. Their proposed policy is currently the strongest amongst the leading retailers in the country, and will mean 350 million...

New Zealand retailer, Pak'nSave, owned by Foodstuffs, is opening its first mini supermarket on September 13th. Format remodels begin... The mini supermarket will open in the Write Price supermarket building on Levin's Queen. It will stock approx. 2500 products, just under three-times of its larger counterpart. Experimenting with this new concept store will help the retailer understand the i...

The North Island branch of New Zealand's market leading supermarket co-operative is set to open a new Auckland-focused store concept in August this year. Targeting 10 new Fresh Collective stores The new stores will be called Fresh Collective by New World and will put a much stronger emphasis on fresh food and food-to-go solutions. Stores will feature a new central hub design, with butchers ...

Australia's leading retailer Woolworths has reported strong quarterly results surging ahead of its main competitor Coles . Total third-quarter sales increased by 3.7% to AU$13.81bn (US$10.39bn) from AU$13.32bn (USD$10.02bn), previous year. Australian Food division healthy Woolworths supermarkets posted a strong growth of 5.1% to AU$9.3bn (US$7bn) in Q3, with like-for-like (LFL) sales up by...

New Zealand's market leading grocery retailer Foodstuffs is to invest NZ$200m (US$144m) on new stores and refurbishments in the year ahead. Seven new stores across three formats The retailer will open seven new stores, costing NZ$120m, four in the North Island and three in the South Island. The openings will to be across various retail banners, including the retailer' New World supermarket...

The world’s largest e-commerce platform Alibaba Group is growing its business in Australia, with plans to open its first office in the country at the end of this year. Melbourne office to serve both Australia and NZ New York-listed Alibaba has announced the planned opening of its new office in Melbourne, the capital of the Australian state of Victoria later this year, in order to better ser...

New Zealand's largest grocery retailer has announced plans to start rolling out an online grocery service later this year. Foodstuffs North Island to launch service first Foodstuffs North Island will launched the service first, with Foodstuffs South Island due to launch the service sometime in 2017 or 2018. The retailer has previously trialled an online service from its New World supermar...

Woolworths has appointed Dave Chambers as the new managing director of Progressive Enterprises in New Zealand. Chambers returns to previous role after one year in Australia Chambers will return to New Zealand having previously headed up Progressive Enterprises from 2001 to January 2015. Chambers will move from his current role as Director of Woolworths Supermarkets in Australia, taking o...