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The Sands New World opens in Pāpāmoa East with $10.5m Foodstuffs investment

Madeline Troup-Paul, who just celebrated her 5th birthday, had the privilege of cutting the ribbon to open Pāpāmoa’s newest supermarket on Tuesday, as 100 people sang Happy Birthday.The $10.5 million New World The Sands opened its doors as a part of the first stage of the $1 billion The Sands town centre development in fast-growing Pāpāmoa East.In a statement, Foodstuffs North Island, the co-operative that owns New Worlds in the North Island, described the ope...

The $10.5m supermarket opening in the Bay of Plenty

A $10.5m supermarket is set to open in the Bay of Plenty this week.New World The Sands will open in Pāpāmoa on Tuesday and will have about 100 staff, eight-self scan checkouts, six operator checkouts and nearly 150 car parks.Foodstuffs North Island had spent $10.5m on the store, while the business was owned and operated by Mark Troup Paul, who also worked on New World Newtown redevelopment about five years ago in the Capital.Bay of Plenty MP Tom Rutherford took a sneak peak at the new supermar...

Tauranga development: New supermarket to open at $1 billion The Sands Pāpāmoa town centre

Stage one of a $1 billion town centre development is set to open at Pāpāmoa.Located within Golden Sands, The Sands will be one of the newest commercial hubs in the Bay of Plenty.A locally owned New World and seven further outlets including food and beverage and health and beauty services will open in early November, as a part of the first stage of the development.A statement from the centre’s developers Bluehaven Group said the projected $1b town centre was regarded as a ...