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@hacks4pancakes Try moving to Friendly #Feilding.

Robin Forlonge Patterson May 21, 2025

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/561582/how-does-costco-offer-butter-so-cheap I've forgotten how much butter cost me a few weeks ago at The #Warehouse, but the #Feilding store is dramatically #competitive even with PakNSave in some parts of its #grocery section.

How does Costco offer butter so cheap?

It was organised chaos this week at Costco when another delivery of butter arrived.

RNZ

Robin Forlonge Patterson May 8, 2025

Tomorrow, despite the promised rain, I plan to turn up with others outside the local (farmer) #National party #MP's office in central #Feilding in protest at the $17 billion.
https://www.facebook.com/events/29605249099091046

Fight Back for Pay Equity

Event in Feilding, New Zealand by Unions Manawatu on Friday, May 9 20256 posts in the discussion.

Robin Forlonge Patterson May 3, 2024

Then the bad news. One killed, two in #hospital after #Feilding crash. (Close to home - we can hear and see speeding vehicles on Lethbridge Street and Makino Road.) https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/515951/one-killed-two-in-hospital-after-feilding-crash

One killed, two in hospital after Feilding crash

A person has been killed and another two were seriously injured after crashing into a stationary truck in Manawatū on Friday.

RNZ

Robin Forlonge Patterson May 3, 2024

#Feilding - looking from my letterbox, I see not a #cloud in the sky, not even over #Ruahine.

Robin Forlonge Patterson Feb 21, 2024

20th anniversary: (Then mayor, later MP) "#McKelvie remembers a full-on week, and credits the #Labour-led government at the time for a swift response." Woman remembers #cow that swam her to safety during #floods https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2018927036/woman-remembers-cow-that-swam-her-to-safety-during-floods

(I didn't live in #Feilding then but there's a great photo of the town centre.)

Woman remembers cow that swam her to safety during floods

A woman clung to a cow that swam her to safety as floodwaters rapidly rose. The story of Cow 569 became an enduring tale of survival from the lower North Island floods of February 2004. There was record rain and destruction, but the storm was also the catalyst to do better. Jimmy Ellingham reports.

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Robin Forlonge Patterson Apr 6, 2023

#NZ online #retail #startup #Supie says #grocery suppliers' requests 'clearly #price-fixing' https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/487429/online-grocery-retailer-says-suppliers-pressuring-them-to-increase-prices

I hope Supie spreads south fast.
Meanwhile, from my first visit to #TheWarehouse's wide-ranging grocery section this week, I think the duopoly is already threatened here. #Feilding doesn't have a #PaknSave so I can't compare it with The #Warehouse but some of the #prices looked like serious #competition for #Countdown. I filled my shopping bag for the 20-minute trudge home.