Thursday 9 June 2022

Four Squares are everywhere


In just about every New Zealand town there is one of these like this one in Kaeo. Four Squares are like dairies, corner shops, 7/11 stores but they are all under the Foodstuffs umbrella and individually owned privately.  These are like traditional kiwi icons.

Linking up with Skywatch Friday and Tom's Signs.

14 comments:

Iris Flavia said...

Looks down to Earth like. Just what you need. I don´t like the new, fancy stores we´re getting here. You wonder what you pay for, the food or the fancy style... Though, certainly, for the staff it is much nicer.

gz said...

Nearly one hundred years old and still Kiwi owned!!

local alien said...

They really are a kiwi icon. I can remember the Te Puke Four Square way back in my childhood. I'm always surprised when you mention them. They're still going strong it seems

Bill said...

Thanks for sharing some kiwi history. It's nice to have places that still belong to where they started from.

Spare Parts and Pics said...

Nice to have something local like this (vs. a big corporate chain that's all over the world). That's a pretty sky!

Yogi♪♪♪ said...

I love that they are each privately owned.

Jocelyn said...

Great to local shops!

Light and Voices said...

Local shopping is a treat.

R's Rue said...

I loved this post. Thank you for sharing.
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Klara said...

I love having local shop(s) in the neighborhood.

Jim said...

Interesting.

csuhpat1 said...

That looks so very interesting

Tigger's Mum said...

F's grandad used to be a 4 Suare grocer. Iconic colours and symbols. They dont appear to have changed much.

William Kendall said...

Good that it is locally owned.

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