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ellen 
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Posted: 13 June 2008 at 6:03pm |
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The housebrands thread got me thinking:-
Which supermarket chain do you shop at and why?
Do you cherry pick shops for specials?
I shop at New World because they have a better range of choice, flybuys and my bags get packed, but most of all because I know where everything is.
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Posted: 13 June 2008 at 6:04pm |
pac and save here because well its cheaper and just down the hill from our house 
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Posted: 13 June 2008 at 6:06pm |
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We shop at pak'n'save for most things. Aussie butcher for meat and a local fruit and vege shop for fruit etc :)
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Posted: 13 June 2008 at 6:10pm |
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We have a countdown and a new world in my town and I generally shop at countdown as it is cheaper and about twice as big as the new world so has a lot more stuff, but occasionally I go to new world to get bits and pieces for Spencer that countdown don't stock, like organic bread and biscuits etc.
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Posted: 13 June 2008 at 6:10pm |
I do my fortnightly shop at woolworths online because it's convenient. I go to either woolworths near home or New World Metro near work if I want something during the week.
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Posted: 13 June 2008 at 6:14pm |
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Pac n Save when I'm on a budget (now)
Fruit and Veges at a stall in the semi-country
Woolworths if I'm feeling rich (or if dumb P n S don't have a 'brand' I need)
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Posted: 13 June 2008 at 6:28pm |
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PnS and a fruit shop in Mt Wellington for fruit and vege and Mad Butcher for meat.
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Posted: 13 June 2008 at 6:30pm |
Mainly New world, but if I have to go to the other side of town for DP for work then I go to Countdown - no point in going in 2 seperate places with fuel the price it is!
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Posted: 13 June 2008 at 6:37pm |
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Big monthly shopping with all the cleaning stuff, nappies ect is at PacnSave.
My weekly top up stuff for milk and bread use to be Countdown but with their renovations I just walk up to foodtown.
Fruit and veg is mainly at our fruit store.
meat mostly at Mad Butchers.
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Posted: 13 June 2008 at 6:47pm |
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Pak n save. It's really noticably cheaper than new world etc and they give the best petrol coupon discounts too.
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Posted: 13 June 2008 at 7:01pm |
New World in Auckland is really expensive IMO...we shop at Foodtown, but mainly because its the closest to us (we have 3 foodtowns within 5-10mins from us). I would shop at Pac N Save, but the one closest to us - I find it too stressful to shop there as its always really busy and the people who shop there seem to be quite aggressive!
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Posted: 13 June 2008 at 7:02pm |
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Pak n save it's so much cheaper. But a new New World has just opened up so sometimes there. We go to the local fish and Butcher and vegie shops though. Stuff is fresher.
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Posted: 13 June 2008 at 7:04pm |
lol New World cos DF works in the store Room there
But I think I will start going to Pack n Save SOOOO much cheaper.
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Posted: 13 June 2008 at 7:15pm |
I shop for my main groceries at Pak n Save
But then I will also go to countdown or foodtown depending on the specials but I try only to buy the special items otherwise I spend far too much 
Oh yeah and for the few things that pak n save don't stock.
Then I get my Meat from the Mad or Aussie Butcher and my veges from the vege shop.
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Posted: 13 June 2008 at 7:39pm |
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We do our main shop at Countdown. We use to shop at Pak'n'Save, but I found their meat to be really fatty and not worth it. We changed over and didn't notice a difference in the amount that we spent.
If I need to pick up anything during the week I head down to the tiny New World down the road - or one of 3 fruit and vege outlets within a 20 minute walk.
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Posted: 13 June 2008 at 7:44pm |
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Countdown coz they're our local, they're cheap and they pack my groceries. I despise Pak n Save coz it is dark and you have to pack your own groceries.
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Posted: 13 June 2008 at 7:45pm |
We only have pak n save and woolworths and I hate pak n save because of the way its laid out and I hate packing the stuff so we go to Woolies
When we were in Auckland I went to Foodtown 
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Posted: 13 June 2008 at 8:16pm |
Countdown for our big shop and every now and then Foodtown, because they are both 2 mins walk from our place. However if we ever get a Pak n Save in Glenfield I would definitely do my shopping there.
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Posted: 13 June 2008 at 8:17pm |
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I shop at Countdown, don't even know why, well I guess its cause they are close to home and they do pack my groceries and I am happy to pay a little bit more for that service!
Fruit and vege at the local Green Grocers or side road stalls around our Village.
Meat is from the Mad Butchers
We shop once a month for meat and at Countdown, weekly at the Green Grocers. Reason being I HATE food shopping with a passion!!
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Posted: 13 June 2008 at 8:31pm |
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Don't have a lot of choice in Paraparaumu - we've only got Pak n Save or Woolworths and the budget dictates it PnS where we do our shop! I do our local one a bit crap at stocking a good variety of product tho' so if we're in Lower Hutt or Porirua during the weekend we'll go to the PnS there... each usually have their own range of specials too.
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