Brave New World

I have worked in the central city for the last 20 something years and have brought my lunch to work about 3 times.

In that time I have worked on average 300 plus days a year so that's easily 6000 lunches that I have had to rustle up from deli's, cafe's and dairies. On top of that I normally eat standing up or at my desk and usually its at 3.00 pm.

So it is with great delight that New World have announced they are opening a new metro supermarket in the old BNZ Building.

Hopefully it will be the death knell for the dearth of starmarts on Queen Street.

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