Fair Trade
Each owner-operator has a solid understanding of the requirements
of their customers and community, and the different stores' ranges
reflect this, carrying different product lines according to local
customer demand. As a result of this commitment to our customers we
sell Fair Trade products across supermarkets and stores where
possible, and where customer demand is high.
Buy Kiwi Made
As an iconic, 100% Kiwi owned and operated organisation, Foodstuffs
supports the Buy Kiwi Made campaign. We are committed to working
with New Zealand suppliers to provide our customers with quality
home-grown products wherever possible.
Country of Origin
We adopted a policy on the provision of country of origin
information for all single ingredient products in August 2007. This
applies to fresh fruit, vegetables, meat and seafood sold in
PAK'nSAVE, New World, Write Price, and Shoprite supermarkets
nationwide. Four Square stores are currently implementing the
country of origin policy.
Under our policy stores will provide country of origin
information for all single ingredient products, whether the food is
fresh or frozen, in bulk or in consumer packages.
Palm Oil
Foodstuffs position on palm oil is that we want to provide
customers with information to ensure they can make an informed
choice. To this end, Foodstuffs encourages all suppliers to
voluntarily declare the use of Palm Oil in ingredient labelling.
We also encourage suppliers to source palm oil from a
sustainable supply.
For private label products, we are currently moving to require
suppliers to declare their use of Palm Oil. Changes in product
labelling will be gradually implemented as labelling is updated or
product supply changes, but will be fully implemented by
2015. Further, our buyers will work with suppliers towards
sustainable sourcing, whenever commercially viable.
Where our stores provide ingredient labelling on store-produced
goods, such as bakery items, we will endeavour to declare the use
of Palm Oil where it used as an ingredient. As labelling changes
can be effected more quickly for store-produced goods we will work
towards being compliant with this policy by the end of 2011.