Some customers were irate after being left with empty wallets and no glassware after many stores ran out of stock.<\/p>\n
The promotion ran over the Christmas break from early November 2019 to January 12 and more than 700,000 sets \u2013 or 1.4 million glasses \u2013 were collected.<\/p>\n
Many shoppers were upset after stores ran out of stock. Photo \/ New World Facebook<\/p>\n
4. Countdown\u2019s Farm Bricks<\/p>\n
Countdown (now Woolworths) launched Bricks in 2021 with Lego-like brick collectables made from 80% of hard-to-recycle recycled plastic.<\/p>\n
Shoppers could build their own eco-friendly supermarket, complete with aisles of groceries, supermarket staff, solar panels, produce and even a free fruit bowl for kids.<\/p>\n
It appears that drew the ire of the Danish toy production <\/a>company Lego who told shoppers not to be confused with its products \u2013 although it held back on legal action.<\/p>\n Countdown followed up the promotion with Bricks Farm, where shoppers (or their children) could build their own farm, in a nod to the farmers who supply its supermarkets.<\/p>\n 3. New World\u2019s Little Garden<\/p>\n The Little Garden promotion ran for multiple years and rewarded customers with seedling kits. There were 24 varieties including carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, beetroot and edible flowering plants such as pansies.<\/p>\n Instead of spending the money to collect each kit, a determined Trade Me user got their hands on a full set in a 2020 auction.<\/p>\n The full 24-piece set, sold on Trade Me in 2020 for $72.<\/a><\/p>\n The Trade Me listing had 68 bids and 277 people watching the listing.<\/p>\n Each Little Garden seedling has its own name \u2013 from Baron von Basil, and Orla Onion, to Tamaiti Tomato.<\/p>\n 2. New World\u2019s Little Shop<\/p>\n The Little Shop promotion in 2013 allowed customers who spent more than $40 at New World to get a miniature product<\/a> \u2013 anything from petit pineapples to tiny tins of peaches. There were 44 products in the set.<\/p>\n New World Masterton manager Ivan Birch said the promotion was a hit with children and adults alike.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it\u2019s brought out the inner child in all our customers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n 1. New World\u2019s Smeg Knives<\/p>\n New World\u2019s Smeg knife promotion in 2021 was one of New Zealand\u2019s most successful giveaways, dubbed the \u201cThe Summer of Smeg\u201d by Foodstuffs North Island chief executive Chris Quin.<\/p>\nDanish toy company Lego wanted everyone to know this was not their product. <\/p>\n
There were a total of 68 bids in the auction. Photo \/ Trade Me<\/p>\n
Ivan Birch with some of the miniatures on offer in 2013. Photo \/ NZME<\/p>\n