Cartology New Zealand, Countdown’s new stand-alone retail media business, launched on Tuesday with a commitment to help local retail brands and suppliers be more relevant and engaging for some of the country’s most active customers. Led by General Manager Samantha Osborne, formerly Managing Dire...
Just in time for the America’s cup, Countdown has unveiled the second of its metro stores in Auckland’s bustling Wynyard Quarter. The 650m2 store is located on the corner of Halsey and Pakenham streets and has been specifically designed to pack more than 4500 products which have been tai...
Construction is almost underway for a 1600m2 Countdown Metro store in New Zealand’s wealthiest suburb, Herne Bay. The $40m build is located on the corner of Kelmarna Ave and Jervois Rd and will open its doors to the public in 2022. Countdown’s acting general manager property, Matt Grain...
Due to a heavy customer demand and shipping delays, Countdown has extended its glass container programme by a week. For every $20 spent in store or online with a registered one card, Countdown customers can earn 1 eStamp. After collecting a certain amount of eStamps, customers will then be rewarded...
From today, as part of its Merry Moments fundraising drive for The Salvation Army, Countdown is asking Kiwis to take a selfie with its augmented reality Santa and post the merry moment on social media. For every Santa snap shared, Countdown will donate $5 to The Salvation Army to support thousands o...
Countdown is trialing boxes of odd fruit and vegetables as part of the supermarket’s continued effort to reduce food waste, make fruit and veges more affordable for shoppers and support local growers by buying more produce that would typically go to waste. The odd bunch programme was first lau...
Countdown has recently revealed a revamp to its Onecard loyalty programme that will be easier to understand and will provide 140,000 more cardholders the opportunity to earn food reward e-vouchers. With around 1.7 million members, Onecard is one of New Zealand’s largest loyalty programmes. Pre...
Supermarket shopping has just gotten easier with the release of Countdown's new Scan&Go service. Using hi-tech scales, the app can determine what customers are buying which saves them from using the standard checkout system....
Customers may have noticed more te reo Māori during their supermarket shop this week but can rest assured it won’t be disappearing on Rātapu. Committed to increasing the use of te reo, Countdown has made some changes to the way it communicates with its customers and team for Te Wiki o te Reo Mā...
A Countdown specifically built to cater to online shopping demands is due to open in Wellington. The eStore will operate 24 hours a day and seven days a week, the 3500sqm eStore will create 50 new jobs and can service more than 7000 online orders each week, thanks to a layout based on what Wellingto...