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It's the final Countdown


We have 2 supermarkets here in Greymouth - Countdown (which is Australian owned) and New World which is owned by Foodstuffs and each of the New World stores are individually owned by Kiwis.

This one is next to the railway tracks - it is cheaper but doesn't seem to have alot of variety, at least that's what we found the one time we shopped there.

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roentare said…
Beautiful, serene scene with a railway
8 December 2022 at 21:25
Tigger's Mum said…
Look at those CABBAGE TREES (such an icon of Kiwi landscape)!
9 December 2022 at 05:09
Bill said…
Our local store which is Irish and locally owned also doesn't have a wide variety of items but we buy what we can there.
9 December 2022 at 06:26
Yogi♪♪♪ said…
A little slice of life where you live. It looks warm!
9 December 2022 at 09:49
Spare Parts and Pics said…
It looks like one of those big warehouse stores, which is what I am used to where I live. I miss the old mom & pop neighborhood stores.
9 December 2022 at 10:14
William Kendall said…
My go to grocery store is a few blocks away from home.
9 December 2022 at 10:16
Jim said…
It's strange when I see the Countdown logo because it's the same as our Woolworths logo.
9 December 2022 at 12:56
Tom said…
...the grocery business is cutthroat!
9 December 2022 at 13:11
Pisi Prkl said…
I like the depth perspective on this one. Nice leading lines too.
9 December 2022 at 15:10
Lisa said…
Hmmm... cheaper or variety? That's quite a decision! I have a store close to me that is very expensive, so it's for things I need when I run out, like milk. I drive to the other end of town for the cheaper store, which has a better variety too! Bulk bins of things too.
9 December 2022 at 17:15
Iris Flavia said…
That´s the Woolies-logo, is it?
Here the formerly cheap ones are now as expensive as the others. More or less, the difference is small. They blame it on Putin and the higher costs of energy hence.
9 December 2022 at 20:17
Kenneth Cole Schneider said…
In Florida we could walk to the supermarket, but here in Connecticut our home is in a rural area and the best grocery store, "Big Y" is 6 miles away. Your post reminded me of its small-town setting and got me wondering about its history. It was named after the small Big Y Cash Market located a corner where three streets came together to form a Y. It was bought out for $2500 in 1936, the depths of the Great Depression. It is now a huge family-owned chain with 72 locations in Massachusetts and Connecticut but has a definite friendly "down home" atmosphere and lots of fresh produce, much from local farms.
9 December 2022 at 23:53
Lydia C. Lee said…
That seems sort of weird not having a platform on the other side of the tracks....I'm now going to have to look at our stations and see what is 'normal'. It might just be our line that's set up this wey. ThANKS FOR JOINING #aLLSEASONS
10 December 2022 at 13:28
csuhpat1 said…
Love the pic. Very nice.
15 December 2022 at 05:19
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