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FreshChoice

FreshChoice
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryRetail
Founded1995; 30 years ago (1995)
HeadquartersChristchurch, New Zealand
Number of locations
74 stores (August 2025)
ParentWoolworths Limited
Websitewww.freshchoice.co.nz

FreshChoice is a franchise of locally owned and operated supermarkets across New Zealand.[1]

History

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The franchise was established in 1995.[2]

By 2008, it had 15 stores but was yet to expand into Auckland.[3]

In 2023, Woolworths Group New Zealand began the process of rebranding all of its SuperValue stores as FreshChoice, this was part of a plan to expand the FreshChoice chain to 200 stores by 2034.[4]

Operations

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There are 74 FreshChoice stores across New Zealand, including 11 in Auckland.[5] The stores are operated under franchise agreements with Wholesale Distributors Ltd (WDL), a division of Woolworths New Zealand, one of New Zealand's largest retail and distribution companies.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "FreshChoice – local supermarkets". freshchoice.co.nz. FreshChoice. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Supermarket franchise opportunities". FreshChoice. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Store locations". progressive.co.nz. Progressive Enterprises. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008.
  4. ^ "Enhancing Customers' Shopping Experience". Supermarket News. 13 November 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Supermarkets". FreshChoice. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
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