Hi everyone, today i show you about Countdown Supermarket at New Zealand.December 2017) Countdown is a New Zealand full-service supermarket chain and subsidiary of Woolworths New Zealand, itself a subsidiary of Australia's Woolworths Group. The first Countdown store opened in 1981 and the chain has expanded to 180 stores as of 2018.[1] It is one of two supermarket chains in New Zealand in terms of number of stores, although the rival Foodstuffs chain has a larger number of premises including smaller retail stores in rural areas.