High Court Dismisses GDL Application

NEWS RELEASE
25 February 2009

Pak’n'Save Te Awamutu – High Court Dismisses GDL Application

Foodstuffs (Auckland) Limited is delighted it can finally bring PAK’nSAVE’s low prices to Te Awamutu after the High Court dismissed an application by General Distributors Ltd (GDL) for leave to appeal the High Court’s decision to the Court of Appeal.

In December 2008 the High Court upheld the Environment Court decision to allow a plan change to the Waipa District Plan. This plan change results in a zoning change to allow for a retail development, including a PAK’nSAVE, on Cambridge Rd in Te Awamutu. The Plan Change for the project was approved by the Waipa District Council in 2006, but the subsequent appeal lodged by GDL with the Environment Court in 2007 delayed further progress. GDL appealed the Environment Court’s decision to the High Court, which also dismissed GDL’s appeal. GDL then sought leave to appeal the High Court’s decision to the Court of Appeal. That application for leave has now been dismissed, allowing the plan change for the retail development to go ahead.

Foodstuffs (Auckland) General Manager – Property Strategy, Angela Bull says the outcome is exciting news for the residents of Te Awamutu, many of whom travel as far afield as Hamilton in search of PAK’nSAVE’s policy of New Zealand’s lowest food prices.

“The people of Te Awamutu have been waiting for years for PAK’nSAVE’s low prices to come to their town,” commented Angela Bull. “We hope that this is the end of the Court process and we can finally get the PAK’nSAVE in Te Awamutu underway.”

The planned PAK’nSAVE supermarket and fuel outlet will be complemented by a range of other retail outlets on site.

All Foodstuffs stores are 100% New Zealand-owned and operated. Foodstuffs brands include PAK’nSAVE, New World, Four Square, Gilmours, Duffy & Finn’s and Liquorland.

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