Countdown
Rating: 5 / 10 Complaints - Carpark, Old Food, Meat Selection, Karens, Altercation, Obscene Profit So this review is half about the actual Countdown supermarket, and half about a severely unpleasant incident in the car park that didn't need to escalate the way it did. If you were involved in this incident, please feel free to apologise in the comments. Countdown is my go-to for small and quick grocery shops, as it's a bit easier to simply pop in and out. The nearby Pak n Save generally has better prices and a wider selection, but is a much bigger supermarket and you need to have about half an hour on your hands, as opposed to doing a quick Countdown run and taking 10 minutes or so. It stocks all the staples you'd expect although the meat section deserves a special mention for being both limited and frustrating. There is very little choice in meat and they seem to package it up in counterintuitive portions, e.g you can buy 1 chicken breast or 3 but not a pack of 2. Someti...