cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . june 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message new world type subsidiary founded 1963 ; 53 years ago headquarters wellington new zealand number of locations 138 october 2012 parent foodstuffs website www.newworld.co.nz new world is a new zealand full service supermarket chain . each store is independently owned operated and is part of one of 2 foodstuffs co operatives foodstuff north island and foodstuffs south island . other members of the foodstuffs co operatives which are also independently owned and operated include pak nsave and four square stores . founded in 1963 new world was the first american style full service supermarket brand of foodstuffs and the second in new zealand after foodtown . as of october 2012 there is a total of 138 new world supermarkets across the north and south islands of new zealand . new world has been a member of the fly buys program since that program started in september 1996 . in early 2003 new world helped introduce superbank a completely electronic banking network aimed at saving customers money . while new world supermarkets had much advertising for the service in their stores superbank didn t have any physical services inside the store . in august 2006 it was announced that after heavy losses superbank would be shut down and have its portfolio sold to ge money . gallery edit centre city new world in dunedin warkworth new world whanganui new world external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to new world supermarket . new world official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title new world supermarket & oldid 728808069 categories supermarkets of new zealand1963 establishments in new zealandretail companies established in 1963hidden categories use dmy dates from august 2015use new zealand english from august 2015all wikipedia articles written in new zealand englisharticles lacking sources from june 2010all articles lacking sourcescommons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages edit links this page was last modified on 7 july 2016 at 20 01 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view