Retail operation
With more than 680 owner-operated full service supermarkets,
retail food warehouses, grocery and small convenience stores, large
and small format liquor stores and fuel sites nationwide, our
retail operations have been structured to cover all the major
retail segments in the grocery market, operating under several key
banner groups:
- Full service supermarkets trading under the name New
World.
- Foodbarns/retail food warehouses trading under the name PAK'nSAVE or
Write
Price.
- Neighbourhood grocery stores, and main order supermarkets in
smaller communities, trading under the name Four
Square.
- Small convenience stores trading under the name On the Spot
(South Island only)
- Large and small format liquor stores trading under the name Liquorland.
- Small format liquor stores trading under the name Henry's Beer Wines
& Spirits.
- Fuel sites trading on selected PAK'nSAVE and
New World
sites.
Supply Chain
Every regional co-operative supports and services their local
stores through an integrated warehouse and transport operation.
The new Foodstuffs Fresh Auckland distribution centre was opened
in 2008, and has completely changed the way supermarkets receive
fresh fruit and vegetables. The 10,000m purpose-built centre uses
cool chain compliance to ensure produce is in the best condition
possible when delivered to stores in the Foodstuffs (Auckland)
region.
Foodstuffs (Auckland) Ltd also formed a new wholly owned
subsidiary, Route & Retail Distribution Ltd, which is
responsible for all freight and transport requirements for
Foodstuffs (Auckland) Ltd and Gilmours. The establishment of the
Route & Retail operation has improved efficiencies and
utilisation of the fleet.
Foodstuffs (Auckland) Ltd also has two wholesale distribution
facilities at Mt Roskill in Auckland, and Rotorua. Both facilities
specialise in ambient and frozen product distribution.
Foodstuffs South Island Ltd has three Distribution Centres. The
Papanui and Dunedin sites warehouse Grocery lines, and the Hornby
site warehouses chilled, frozen, ambient and liquor products. These
three sites supply the whole of the South Island, and goods are
transported by both Foodstuffs' own delivery trucks and external
transport providers.
All the Distribution Centres operate under an IT Warehouse
Management System with the latest 'Voice Picking' technology. Voice
picking has increased production, reduced repairs and maintenance,
improved health and safety and allowed for ease of staff
training.
Foodstuffs (Wellington) Cooperative Society Ltd's new Roberts
Line distribution centre in Palmerston North is up and running
catering to all Foodstuffs' dry goods distribution needs in the
Wellington region. The greenfields site is a 35,000m,
state-of-the-art facility with a fully automated storage and
retrieval system for handling split case requirements. Foodstuffs
(Wellington) Cooperative Society Ltd has consolidated all of Toops
Wholesale Limited's full-service picking task into Roberts Line to
improve operational efficiency. It holds the equivalent of
30,000 pallets, operates predominantly 24 hours per day and
distributes more than 600,000 pallets per annum.
Wholesale operations
Each of the three regional Foodstuffs operate wholesale cash and
carry operations to service the needs of the non-member trade
community: hospitality and foodservice trades, dairies,
service stations and institutional customers.
- Gilmours in the Auckland region (upper North
Island).
- Toops in
the Wellington region (lower North Island).
- Trents in
the South Island