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Pak'nSave (stylised PAK'nSAVE) is a New Zealand discount food warehouse chain owned by the Foodstuffs cooperative. It started out under the name Mark'n'Pak. Founded in 1985, Pak'nSave was the last of the three major New Zealand supermarkets (the other two are Countdown and New World) to be founded. As of March 2013, there are 50 Pak'nSave stores operating across the North and South Islands of New Zealand. Pak'nSave's key policy is to provide everyday food and groceries at low prices which they state in their current slogan (as of March 2013) ‘Our Policy: NZ’s Lowest Food Prices‘. Stores are large and have a no-frills environment, often with unlined interiors and concrete floors. Customers are also asked to pack their own bags, and charged for plastic bags in most stores. Many stores offer boxes set on or under a large desk where customers can pack their groceries for easier convenience. Pak'nSave is still the cheapest supermarket in New Zealand.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pak'nSave wins price fight again ) Retrieved on 21 March 2015〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pak’nSave Wins the Supermarket Price Wars ) Retrieved on 21 March 2015.〕 ==History== Pak'nSave was developed as a result of a trip by a number of Foodstuffs executives to the United States in 1985. On that visit they saw Cub Foods, operated by SuperValu, Pak'n Save operated by Safeway, and a number of other box warehouse supermarkets. Foodstuffs then copied this format in the New Zealand market. The original Pak'nSave format was almost an identical clone of Safeway's Pak 'N' Save chain in Northern California. The first Pak'nSave opened in 1985, at Kaitaia in the North Island, and the South Island in 1988 at Invercargill. The biggest Pak'nSave is Lincoln North Pak'nSave in Auckland, which opened in 2004. Stores were opened in the Auckland suburb Mt Wellington in early August 2006 in the new Sylvia Park shopping mall, and on 5 December 2006 in Hawera. On 19 March 2013, Pak'nSave opened in Blenheim, bringing the number of Pak'nSave stores to 10 in the South Island. However, Pak'nSave's national coverage is still haphazard – of the 34 major urban areas in New Zealand (i.e. population over 10,000), there are 9 that do not have a Pak'nSave supermarket: Cambridge, Tokoroa, Feilding, Levin, Greymouth, Ashburton, Oamaru, Queenstown and Gore. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pak'nSave」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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