{"id":313046,"date":"2026-03-04T20:07:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T20:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/313046\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T20:07:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T20:07:07","slug":"how-long-should-a-supermarket-shop-take-paknsave-shopper-contests-parking-fine-for-being-in-store-for-more-than-2-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/313046\/","title":{"rendered":"How long should a supermarket shop take? Pak\u2018nSave shopper contests parking fine for being in store for more than 2 hours"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cI like taking my time when I shop. I do three laps, bargain-hunt.<\/p>\n

\u201cI shop big, and only once a fortnight.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome days the queues are slow, sometimes you bump into people you know and you might catch up with them.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery day is different.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"ReneeRenee Sciascia outside Pak\u2019nSave Hastings with the breach notice she received after spending more than two hours in the store. Photo \/ Rafaella Melo<\/p>\n

Sciascia said her $400 grocery shop that day was only possible because she had taken extra time to search for the best deals.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can totally understand if the time limit is being done to try and eliminate people who may not be genuine shoppers.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I got a ticket for being in the carpark of the shop I was genuinely shopping in,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re a real shopper, I don\u2019t think there should be a time limit of how long you can be in the shop shopping because there\u2019s so many different factors that could come to play.\u201d<\/p>\n

She appealed the fine, issued by Wilson Parking, and it was waived. It declined to comment.<\/p>\n

A notice in the carpark states that if shoppers require more time, they should speak with customer service at Pak\u2018nSave to arrange an extension and avoid breach notices.<\/p>\n

Foodstuffs said the 90-minute limit at Pak\u2019nSave Hastings exists to ensure its limited parking spaces remain available for customers during busy periods.<\/p>\n

Sciascia said the experience had made her consider switching to another supermarket in the region, many of which allow longer parking, including 180 minutes at Pak\u2018nSave Napier.<\/p>\n

Hawke\u2019s Bay Today asked other shoppers how long they typically spent doing their groceries. <\/p>\n

Jed and Ellyn Banaag, who shop weekly for a family of four, said 90 minutes worked for them, but did not necessarily think it would for everyone.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor us it\u2019s enough. It takes us about an hour to do our weekly shopping,\u201d Jed said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut for bigger families or older people, I don\u2019t think they can do a fortnight grocery [shop] in 90 minutes,\u201d Ellyn said.<\/p>\n

\"JedJed and Ellyn Banaag, pictured at the Pak\u2019nSave Hastings carpark, say 90 minutes is enough for their weekly shop but may not suit everyone. Photo \/ Rafaella Melo<\/p>\n

Ruche Pant, who shops more frequently and spends about 20 minutes at the supermarket on each visit, didn\u2019t realise there was a time limit.<\/p>\n

\u201cI shop two or three times a week … For me, 90 minutes should be enough time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cI like taking my time when I shop. I do three laps, bargain-hunt. \u201cI shop big, and only…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313047,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[682,29382,6204,2082,11551,221,78,2190,130,111,43,139,69,27952,30205,1326,18556,3271,2735,97,199,131],"class_list":["post-313046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-being","tag-contests","tag-fine","tag-for","tag-hours","tag-how","tag-in","tag-long","tag-more","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-paknsave","tag-parking","tag-shop","tag-shopper","tag-should","tag-store","tag-supermarket","tag-take","tag-than"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}