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Countdown launches in-app online grocery shopping
With times changing, Countdown looks to its app to drive online growth.
Countdown wants to remove stigma around periods and incontinence
The supermarket has changed the way it describes products for periods and continence care.
Costs weigh on Countdown owner as underpayments, redundancies mount in Australia
Countdown owner Woolworths Group forecasts a drop in earnings for FY20.
Countdown launches food foundation to help Kiwis stay fed
Food for Good foundation launched to combat rising food inequality.
Zero-waste grocers form new association
Sustain Aotearoa wants to increase the prevalence of zero-waste grocers in NZ.
Countdown employees given Woolworths Group shares
Over 14,000 Countdown workers will get a stake in the supermarket's parent company.
New World to highlight Buy NZ brands in June campaign
Supermarket expects support for local brands to be lasting effect of lockdown.
Countdown officially opens Rototuna store
Countdown officially opens Rototuna store to the public after initially opening last month as an online-only store.
Countdown owner lifts food sales in Q3
Supermarket chain benefits from pantry stocking during pandemic.
“We see COVID-19 as a time to do good, rather than do well”: Domino’s
The QSR chain outlines the steps it has taken to serve customers and staff in the current climate.
Countdown opens store one month early to help meet online grocery demand
Not currently open to the public, the Rototuna store opened one month early to help meet demand.
Countdown opens NZ’s first 24-hour e-store
Supermarket giant launches New Zealand’s first purpose-built online store in Auckland.
Grocery enjoys record spending jump in March as the rest of retail closes
Retail spending saw the biggest fall in StatsNZ's record in March
NZ supermarkets expand contactless payments for extra COVID-19 safety
A higher tap-and-go payment limit is just one of the safety initiatives supermarkets have rolled out.
Supermarkets to stay open on Easter Sunday
Government loosens normal trading restrictions in light of lockdown.
NZ supermarkets lift wages during coronavirus outbreak
Countdown, Foodstuffs offer pay raise to those working through lockdown.
How Countdown will change in lockdown
Supermarket details the changes coming to stores amid lockdown.
Retailers see dramatic spike in spending pre-lockdown: Paymark
Spending at supermarkets rose 157 per cent on Monday.
Retailers react to online price gouging, panic buying
Trade Me enacts new emergency policy, and Countdown urges shoppers to be thoughtful.
A new decade of grocery retailing
How new technology is driving growth in the grocery sector.
