<P> 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 left 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 . </P> <P> Pak'nSave was developed following a trip by a group 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 other box warehouse supermarkets . Foodstuffs then copied this format in New Zealand . The original Pak'nSave format was almost an identical copy of Safeway's Pak' n Save chain in northern California . </P> <P> The first store, styled "PAK' N SAVE", opened in June 1985 at Kaitaia in the North Island . </P> <P> As of September 2017, there were 57 Pak'nSave stores across New Zealand . </P>

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