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Bring Your Own Containers

• May 13, 2019
• by: Foodstuffs

BYO square, round, rectangular containers – we don’t mind as long they are leakproof and clean! From 1st June you can now use BYO containers at Four Square North Island stores at our butchery, seafood, bakery and delicatessen counters where available. It’s just one of the many things we’re doing to reduce waste and look after New Zealand.

Bring Your Own Containers FAQs

• May 13, 2019
• by: Foodstuffs

Our North Island customers are pretty excited about BYO containers coming soon to our stores and have asked us a whole bunch of really good questions. Here we go with some answers. We’ll update this page as more come in.

Mrs Four Square – then and now, my what a difference

• Mar 08, 2019
• by: Four Square

Back in the day Four Square’s Cheeky Charlie had a sidekick, Mrs Four Square.

Looking after our patch: people, community and planet

• Dec 14, 2018
• by: Foodstuffs

Foodstuffs gives back to New Zealand in so many ways; whether directly through millions of dollars of donations, as an employer of more than 30,000 New Zealanders, as a partner to thousands of businesses, or as kaitiaki or guardian of our environment.

No more checkout bags

• Aug 03, 2018
• by: Foodstuffs

Foodstuffs has announced today that from 1 January 2019, all retail* and wholesale brands in the 100% New Zealand owned and operated Co-operative will no longer offer plastic checkout bags.

Four Square supermarkets – delivering to New Zealanders and having a great time doing it

• Jul 31, 2018
• by: Foodstuffs

AON Hewitt has named Four Square among the best employers in Australia and New Zealand.

Foodstuffs – why we’re not using ‘compostable’ bags

• May 25, 2018
• by:

Foodstuffs (New World, PAK'nSAVE and Four Square supermarkets) will not be making compostable grocery bags available to customers as they are not in line with our approach. We believe these bags are not an option for the New Zealand environment.

Getting New Zealand ready for no single-use plastic bags at the checkout

• May 07, 2018
• by: Getting New Zealand ready for no single-use plastic bags at the checkout

Last year New Zealanders said loud and clear they want to get rid of single-use plastic bags (SUPBs) at the checkout. Well, we’re joining in and they’ll be gone from Four Square supermarket checkouts too. We’re going reusable!

Four Square owners reflect on the year since Kaikoura quake

• Nov 14, 2017
• by: Four Square owners reflect on the year since Kaikoura quake

In an emergency, the local grocery store becomes the centre of activity as people stream in to get urgent supplies like baby formula and bottled water – and to connect with their friends and neighbours. One year on from the Kaikoura earthquake, we asked the people who run the Four Square stores in the region to reflect on the experience.

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Four Square Tekapo is here!

• Jun 30, 2017
• by: Foodstuffs