5/9/2023 0 Comments Nightowl coffeeThe chain offers a range of products via UberEats and other delivery apps, including meal combos, snack food, pizza, pies, milkshakes, coffees, ice creams, deserts, drinks, and basic groceries like milk and bread. General manager Matthew Lane identifies three pillars to the business in 2019: milk bar products, fresh food and deli foods, and coffee. The chain introduced its own coffee and food brand, Helova Coffee, in 2010, and began selling its own Helvova branded frozen yoghurt, cream freeze, slushies, fudge and tea in 2015. While Night 'n Day is a grocery chain, it has shifted its focus to ready-to-eat products since 2011. Īs of 2022, Denise and Andrew Lane's three children were all still heavily involved in the business. Night 'n Day, along with The Warehouse and other retailers, expressed an interest in taking a greater role in the grocery market if the duopoly was broken up. The company submitted to a Commerce Commission inquiry into the two companies' duopoly, calling for a separation between retailers and wholesalers. In late 2021, Night 'n Day was the third largest grocery retailer in New Zealand after Woolworths New Zealand and Foodstuffs. Under Alert Level Four, they were not allowed to sell major products like coffee, milkshakes and heated food. The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on many Night 'n Day stores. It had 26 support staff, 36 franchisees, 52 sites and about 600 staff across its national network. īy 2020, Night 'n Day was still being run by the Lane family. Matthew Lane era (April 2019-) Īllison left the company in April 2019, and Denise and Andrew's son Matthew Lane took over as general manager. Andrew Lane still hoped to open stores in 20 other locations in the South Island. ![]() Two to four new stores were being opened each year. The Lane family owned eight of the chain's 56 stores. īy the late 2010s, the company was regularly achieving high rankings in Deloitte's annual list of the fastest growing New Zealand companies by revenue. These stores had high turnover, boosting the chain's national revenue. įive former Star Mart stores in Wellington CBD were converted to Night 'n Day stores in 2017, becoming the chain's first standalone stores in the North Island. However, the chain continued to grow to 50 stores in 2016, following the opening of stores in Lawrence, Wanaka and Nelson Central. One of the chain's stores on George Street, Dunedin closed in 2013. It had about 750 staff and was one of the fastest growing "mature" business in the lower South Island in 2013. īy 2013, the chain had 46 stores around the country, including five company-owned stores. Tony Allison, nephew of founders Denise and Andrew Lane, became the company's first chief executive in February 2012. Foodstuffs South Island ended its supply agreement with Night 'n Day as a result, leading Night 'n Day to shift its focus to hot food and coffee. North Island, adding 21 North Island sites to its existing network of 25 South Island stores. ![]() In late 2011, Night 'n Day took over the 21 Woolworths at Gull stores at Gull New Zealand service stations around the upper Night 'n Day has never restored its previous presence in Christchurch CBD. One relocated, while the other two closed permanently. Three Night 'n Day stores were affected by the 2011 Canterbury earthquake. The move led to a growth in the chain's store numbers and revenue. ![]() The Lanes choose to franchise the brand in 1990, on the advice of NightOwl Convenience Stores brand owner Rod Craig. Additional 24-hour Night 'n Day stores were opened in Hagley Park, Christchurch and in Georgetown, Invercargill in 1985, and Sumner, Christchurch in 1986. ![]() The store became the first Night 'n Day store. Business started to pick up after six months, and local students and motel residents came to call the store "The Two Four". After hearing a BP across the road was planning to operate 24 hours a day, the Lanes decided to do the same, becoming the first New Zealand shop to open 24 hours a day. History Denise and Andrew Lane era (1984-2011) ĭenise and Andrew Lane opened the Regent Foodstore on Regent Street, in the University of Otago in Dunedin North, in 1984.
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