Good selection of items, especially gluten free pre-packaged foods. Surprisingly cheaper than other Countdowns on the North Island.
Be warned. If you are a foreigner, they won't take a US driver's license to purchase alcohol, so make sure that everyone who is in your party all have their US passports on them before checking out. My husband went to purchase wine. I had my passport, he only had his driver's license.
The older woman employee wouldn't sell to us unless we both had passports with us. She said my husband also couldn't come back to purchase wine with his passport, I had to be with him as well. I felt this was absurd because we're both in our mid-thirties, and she already checked my passport that said my age. Why would I need to come back with him?
Another couple at self checkout was also denied the ability to purchase alcohol by the same employee for not all having passports despite the fact they were clearly older.
It was a total hassle having to drive back to our hotel to get his passport and then pick up our wine at the customer service desk with both passports.
Visited February 2023. read more