Foodtown

Foodtown
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryRetail
Founded1958; 66 years ago (1958)
FounderProgressive Enterprises
Defunct13 November 2011; 12 years ago (2011-11-13)
FateRe-branded to Countdown
SuccessorCountdown (spun-off)
Headquarters,
Number of locations
0
Area served
New Zealand
ProductsList of Brands
OwnerWoolworths Limited
ParentProgressive Enterprises
Websitewww.foodtown.co.nz

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] Foodtown supermarkets were typically integrated with a shopping centre; the chain had few stand-alone stores.

Foodtown Central Auckland, rebranded as Countdown in 2010
  1. ^ "Our history". Woolworths. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Last Woolworths and Foodtown stores farewelled". Countdown. 14 November 2011. Archived from the original on 22 June 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2019.