CONTAMINATED STRAWBERRIES REACH NEW ZEALAND
Punnets of Australian strawberries in New Zealand have been found to be contaminated with needles. Countdown supermarkets have pulled remaining stock from the Australian…
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COUNTDOWN PARTNERS WITH UNIONPAY
UnionPay cardholders, tourists, students and residents in New Zealand will now be able to pay for their groceries online and in-store conveniently. Countdown has…
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COUNTDOWN BATTLE WITH BASKETS
As more Countdown supermarkets no longer provide single-use plastic bags, stores in Orewa and Silverdale have lost a significant number of plastic baskets as…
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KIWI’S MAKING HEALTHIER CHOICES
While winter usually drives up the sales of warmer foods such as canned soups and pasta, recent years have seen Kiwis turn towards healthier choices….
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ALTO BUTCHER OF THE YEAR 2018
Riki Kerekere from Countdown Meat & Seafood has won the prestigious Alto Butcher of the Year title and Corey White from Countdown Meat &…
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PLASTIC-FREE PACKAGING WRAPPED IN PLASTIC
An Auckland Countdown store has been embarrassed after wrapping a plastic-free product in copious amounts of plastic. Bostock Chicken is known for its organic,…
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RISING STAR – BRITTANY BASTINGS
As a child, Brittany Bastings always wanted to become a journalist, but a marketing strategies paper at Victoria University inspired her to pursue a…
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STORES CONTINUE TO PHASE-OUT PLASTIC BAGS
Almost half of all Countdown supermarkets will have removed single-use plastic carrier bags from 3 September, with a further 35 stores joining the roll-out…
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