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Countdown was an Australian-owned New Zealand full-service supermarket chain and subsidiary of Woolworths New Zealand, itself a subsidiary of Australia's Woolworths Group. It is one of two supermarket chains in New Zealand, the other being Foodstuffs. Until the brand's rebranding, there were 194 Countdown stores, with 61 in Auckland. [1]
On 3 September 2021 at 14:40 NZST, eight people were injured in a mass stabbing at the LynnMall Countdown supermarket in New Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand.The attacker, Ahamed Samsudeen, was being followed by police officers, who intervened during the attack, shooting and killing him after he charged at them.
On 14 November 2011, the Meadowlands store in Howick, Auckland was rebranded as Countdown, marking the official end of the Woolworths brand. [2] [24] The 21 Woolworths mini-supermarkets at Gull petrol stations were taken over by Night 'n Day from June 2011. [25] Woolworths Bayfair in Mount Maunganui continued to operate under the Woolworths ...
Name Retail format Main products Number of stores Number of Auckland stores Parent company Founded Head office 2degrees: Electronics store [1]: Mobile phones [1]: 56 [1]: 20 [1] ...
In July 2023, Woolworths New Zealand announced the rebranding of all Countdown Supermarkets to Woolworths. [7] The rebrand is expected to be completed in early 2024. In September 2024, thousands of union-affiliated Woolworths supermarket workers went on a two-hour strike to demand better wages and working conditions. [8]
In the minutes before, a countdown was projected onto the Sydney Harbour Bridge, with thousands joining in for the final 10 seconds, before the sky was illuminated over the famous opera house ...
Foodtown was a New Zealand supermarket chain owned by Progressive Enterprises (now Woolworths New Zealand). [1] As with Woolworths, the Foodtown brand was phased out in the late 2000s, with all stores rebranded as Countdown by the end of 2011. [2]
A few hours after Auckland, fireworks blasted off Australia's Sydney Harbor Bridge and across the bay. ... Paris capped a momentous 2024 with its traditional countdown and fireworks extravaganza ...