The PAK'nSAVE group began with the opening of the first store in Kaitaia in 1985.
Foodstuffs are the co-operative New World,
PAK'nSAVE, Write Price and Four Square stores belong. Foodstuffs
was founded in 1922 by members of the Auckland Master Grocers
Association, who formed a co-operative buying group. Originally all
the stores used the name Four Square, with New World established in
1963 and Pak'N Save in 1986.
Together the Foodstuffs companies have become New Zealand's
fourth largest business.
Three co-operative companies now exist, Foodstuffs (Auckland) Ltd,
Foodstuffs (Wellington) Co-operative Society Ltd, and Foodstuffs
(South Island) Ltd, each group operates independently from the
other, but communicate and co-operate nationally on some issues.
They are New Zealand's largest food retailers
Each store within the group is proudly individually owned and
operated.