This is pretty self explanatory. You shop at one Countdown and on the way out, you remember you forgot to buy milk so you drive into the other Countdown.
imagine how embarrassing it would be to go back into the same countdown to get milk. like how would you even do that. do you put the stuff you already bought in the car and go back in pretending like it never happened? or do you go back in with all your shopping? would you ask them to hold it at the counter or would you carry it all around the store with you? what if you dont get the same cashier and you have to explain that you're not stealing and already purchased everything except the milk. im moving to napier
@@markcarey8426 imagine how embarrassing it would be to go back into the same countdown to get milk. like how would you even do that. do you put the stuff you already bought in the car and go back in pretending like it never happened? or do you go back in with all your shopping? would you ask them to hold it at the counter or would you carry it all around the store with you? what if you dont get the same cashier and you have to explain that you're not stealing and already purchased everything except the milk. im moving to napier
Im guessing you think the jester in the court was the only one speaking the truth, right? Actually, the jester is the joke to entertain and distract the idiots. Speaking the truth and nothing changes...its the same outcome. Guy Williams is the jester for the idiots. Sorry, idiot is too strong, is "I just want to be happy and laugh" people better?
I can live with the fact that they are next to each other but I'm more fascinated as to why neither Supermarket has been repainted to reflect the current Countdown branding since at least 2008, that's an even bigger mystery!!!
Why is it even called countdown? What’s it counting down to? Counting down savings? Counting down the end of the world? This need further investigation...
Guy is a court jester. Whether you intended "quality journalism" to denote sarcasm, entertainment, or your preferred method of being informed, you are being mislead. The jester is meant to be a distraction, not some person that is allowed to tell the truth. The king cuts heads off (modern destroys carters) with the drop of a hat. The jester isn't risking that.
Watching this from Tbilisi Georgia and finding it hilarious, as always. Every country needs an investigative team as talented as the one lead by Guy Williams: international journalistic hero!
Talking to a flat earther he mentioned Topographic maps and said they are the real maps of the earth on a flat plane. ua-cam.com/video/y1xpAanHg4s/v-deo.html Is he right??!
I've always known something was up. Being an Aussie, I've never heard of countdown but when I found out of its existence (4 minutes ago) I knew they were dirty! I'm writing this from within my bunker so I can say this... PIGS! awwwh that felt good.
I like your feigned bunker. It tells me you are clueless. If you had any actual intelligence you would at least check on merit. The US went through this process starting in the 80's. It is now to the point that big business runs everything. Laws are literally written by lobbyist now. I can break it down part by part for you if you wish...and NO, douche bag, I don't live in a bunker. I live in reality and observe the changes around me. Change isn't inherently "evil", "wicked", etc., but some types of change or not for the better.
The same thing happened in Glenfield Mall, both countdowns were right across the hall from each other and you could clearly see them both. This was before one of the Countdowns became a Briscoes.
@@117MasterCheeks Absolutely makes sense, but funny thing is this one in Dunedin was newly built a couple years ago down the road from another that has been countdown since the name change from Woolworths. years ago.
@@bruisedbug The original countdown use to be a Foodtown, but the company was bought out by countdown and rebranded to countdown. And There use to be a highland park shopping centre but Paknsave bought all the stores and kicked everyone out. Their plan was to bulldoze the place and construct a paknsave, however they failed to secure the lease/purchase of the foodtown/countdown space. So paknsave went into a legal battle to try and secure it and *Lost* so that second countdown is the biggest middle finger to paknsave because now paknsave has over 15-25 rented spaces that sit empty that they still have to pay fees such as maintenance, taxes and insurance until the foodtown/countdown lease expires.
About 10 years ago I was offered to join the Masons by a friend of mine. The part that stuck out to me is that I would have to pay $1900 a month to join. WTF? Obviously I asked why, and they said it was for connections and networking, and that the Masons are primarily interested in providing and supporting civil society. AKA, it was vague and grandiose at the same time. Some people believe the Masons are kind of like a drinking club or something...for $1900 a month? f'k off. Do whatever you want with Conspiracies, but SOMETHING is going on.
SuperValue, Countdown, and Woolworths were all owned by Progressive, forming their low-market, mid-market, and up-market stores respectively. But Woolworths' eventually lost out to its Foodstuffs competitor New World, so Progressive closed down all the Woolworths stores and turned most of them into Countdown stores. So there are actually quite a few locations around New Zealand with adjacent Countdown stores because of it.
I actually asked a countdown employee why there were two countdowns and she said that when they closed the woolworths that used to be there progressive (the company that owns countdown) couldn't be bothered putting in another supermarket so they just put in a countdown.
Same thing near where I live. There's a large Countdown just a minute's walk away from what used to be a Foodtown, but it changed so now there's two Countdowns.
Christchurch had this too. Countdown Church Corner and Countdown Bush Inn, they were on opposite corners of an intersection. One of which has since closed.
All of them are owned by foodstuffs lol. They own 4 square aswell. When they discontinued Woolworths they had no reason to sell the center since it was making money, so might as well keep it open
There's also two Countdowns opposite eachother in Christchurch. One at the Bush Inn Center on Riccarton Road and one at Church Corner also on Riccarton Road, 400m from eachother.
A while ago there were two countdowns across from each other in Christchurch at the bush inn/church corner but they got rid of one literally a few days ago.
I've wondered about this for years. I assume it's a real estate thing, they're hanging on to the sites to either develop themselves or sell for development, and in the meantime it only makes sense to leave it open as a supermarket.
One was a countdown, the other was a foodstuffs, Countdown then bought foodstuffs and then turned all the foodstuffs stores into countdowns. PS: I can’t remember the specific name but I think it was foodstuffs.
I know the owner of one of them. He turns over about $950'000 a week, the other only $400'000. Big difference considering they both stock the same items for the same prices in the same location.
This is pretty self explanatory. You shop at one Countdown and on the way out, you remember you forgot to buy milk so you drive into the other Countdown.
Earl I read that in earls voice
😂😂😂
imagine how embarrassing it would be to go back into the same countdown to get milk. like how would you even do that. do you put the stuff you already bought in the car and go back in pretending like it never happened? or do you go back in with all your shopping? would you ask them to hold it at the counter or would you carry it all around the store with you? what if you dont get the same cashier and you have to explain that you're not stealing and already purchased everything except the milk. im moving to napier
@@astroreflux Hahahahaha funny person.
@@markcarey8426 imagine how embarrassing it would be to go back into the same countdown to get milk. like how would you even do that. do you put the stuff you already bought in the car and go back in pretending like it never happened? or do you go back in with all your shopping? would you ask them to hold it at the counter or would you carry it all around the store with you? what if you dont get the same cashier and you have to explain that you're not stealing and already purchased everything except the milk. im moving to napier
If only American media was this honest and determined to get the truth
And had a sense of humour, especially about themselves.
Hahahahah! Right? Asking the hard questions
We haven't had that kind of dogged journalistic determination since Lewis Black called out Starbucks for doing the same thing.
Im guessing you think the jester in the court was the only one speaking the truth, right? Actually, the jester is the joke to entertain and distract the idiots. Speaking the truth and nothing changes...its the same outcome. Guy Williams is the jester for the idiots. Sorry, idiot is too strong, is "I just want to be happy and laugh" people better?
@@markstewart4501 I'm pretty sure I was just joking, but carry on with your contrarian ranting.
its obviously to intimidate that one pak n save
Pak N Save all the way!
It's so Countdown doesn't have another supermarket to compete with why there's 2
This was fucking priceless. I love the random group of kids rocking up.
Git gud at hoi4 lul
The last place I expected to find you
I can live with the fact that they are next to each other but I'm more fascinated as to why neither Supermarket has been repainted to reflect the current Countdown branding since at least 2008, that's an even bigger mystery!!!
Hold up - what's this new branding you speak of?
@@katemckinney1781 Dark green logo, slightly darker exterior. Text is also Dark forest green.
They never fully recovered from the 2008 financial crisis
Never even been in NZ why the hell am I here and more importantly, why can't I leave?
This is cutting edge journalism. Why would you leave?
A Nun Oh Mouse It sure beats Royal weddings and North Korean summits... and I live in Korea :/
Quintus 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Cuz we do REAL news down ‘ere, we got the GOOD stuff ;)
I think you answered your own question
Why is it even called countdown? What’s it counting down to? Counting down savings? Counting down the end of the world? This need further investigation...
COUNTING THE BEAT
(Search it on UA-cam and you'll get it, it's the ad for countdown)
Why is New World called New World??? That's a real conspiracy NEW WORLD ORDER CONFIRMED 😯😯😯
PAcK & SAVE Because were COUNTing DOWN to the NEW WORLD order
Aussie companies man. Sketch
@@tol8tetoh8te65 That totally doesn't sound like a wool worth of bull shit
Thank you Guy for the quality journalism and keeping the people informed.
Guy is a court jester. Whether you intended "quality journalism" to denote sarcasm, entertainment, or your preferred method of being informed, you are being mislead. The jester is meant to be a distraction, not some person that is allowed to tell the truth. The king cuts heads off (modern destroys carters) with the drop of a hat. The jester isn't risking that.
@@markstewart4501 you have no idea what youre talking about
@@hospitalcleaner you have no idea what youre talking about, mmmk. :P
He made a hilarious segment with (pretty much) just a parking lot and some locals. Well done!
BAHAHAHAHA I SAID EXACTLY THIS WHEN WE WENT! One denied us buying alcohol so we went to the other and got it.
moving to napier rn
Result cuz.
Watching this from Tbilisi Georgia and finding it hilarious, as always. Every country needs an investigative team as talented as the one lead by Guy Williams: international journalistic hero!
Oh Tbilisi, what a great city.
My mother sent me to Napier for a week a couple days after the feb 2011 earthquake and i think these countdowns traumatised me more.
Hahahahaha
Soft for leaving your city in ruins and soft for being intimidated by a aussie😆
2:13 voiceover, “I was surrounded” hahaha
Craaaack up! Bahahahaha
Dorothy Allen nah u ugly girl oh gummon
Michelle Collins subscribe to my channel to show u love me
Talking to a flat earther he mentioned Topographic maps and said they are the real maps of the earth on a flat plane. ua-cam.com/video/y1xpAanHg4s/v-deo.html Is he right??!
New Zealand must truly be a wondrous place. You drive around in a van talking to little kids out the window in the US and people call the cops on you.
Nah we do that here too.
fuckyshityfuckshit no we fucking dont
In America your cops also shoot black people for sport
@@kaliorocks5202 What's wrong with that? They cause a lot of problems
@@fuckyshityfuckshit dont know what part of nz you living in I dont see any of that in napier
Same as Glenfield Mall Glenfield North Shore, there was two Countdowns in the mall but a year ago they changed one of them to Briscoes.
They were like 50 meters away from each other
New Zealand that’s why he said “but a year ago..” lol 😂
Yeah that’s true, one side used to be a Foodtown before they changed the stores name to Countdown
It's because they bought out Foodtown and then owned both leases. Couldn't cancel either so just ran two countdowns.
Like u would be inside one and you could see the other one
Is no one talking about how Auckland countdowns look absolutely NOTHING like that
Hahahaaa
used to but they look much better now
I think you mean the rest of New Zealand. That's the conspiracy
It's the new branding.
There are two countdowns at Highland Park, Auckland as well
The plot thickens!!
Who came here because of the MT Albert BBQ noodle house
Nah I went there after this one because of this comment
Omg how did u know!?? Thats mr
👀
I came from aucklands 14 attractions
That was a good one😂👍
Britain here. This is funny! Keep doing you, New Zealand.
You got my nickname bro
tell the queen i said hi
"From a distance--"
Holy shit that part killed me. HAHA. This was awesome.
What the hell even are these videos. this is beautiful. Absolutely beautiful
I've always known something was up. Being an Aussie, I've never heard of countdown but when I found out of its existence (4 minutes ago) I knew they were dirty! I'm writing this from within my bunker so I can say this... PIGS! awwwh that felt good.
Countdown is owned by Woolworths. Of course, something is up, Aussies are involved.
I like your feigned bunker. It tells me you are clueless. If you had any actual intelligence you would at least check on merit. The US went through this process starting in the 80's. It is now to the point that big business runs everything. Laws are literally written by lobbyist now. I can break it down part by part for you if you wish...and NO, douche bag, I don't live in a bunker. I live in reality and observe the changes around me. Change isn't inherently "evil", "wicked", etc., but some types of change or not for the better.
@@BandidoDescalzo it all has to do with nazis, the girl scouts of america and the knights of the round table, it goes deeper than you know...
Woolworths is just Australian Countdown
I love you Kiwis. So much love from Seattle.
*The final countdown* hahahaha
5 months later Xmas ad " The final countdown" what a coincidence 🤔🤔🤔
I can see the other countdown quite clearly - no curvature of the Earth between the countdowns. All Flat there.
Exactly, Globetards... Where's the curvature?????
The same thing happened in Glenfield Mall, both countdowns were right across the hall from each other and you could clearly see them both. This was before one of the Countdowns became a Briscoes.
You cunts over the shore can afford more quality stuff rather than go countdown tho
Highland Park has two countdown next to each
Christchurch, Johnsonville and Rotorua all have two countdowns across the road from each other. Countdown wants to takeover
Also Dunedin have 2 countdowns like 400m apart, what is going on?
And Westgate in Massey
In Auckland there were 2 literally next to each other
@@117MasterCheeks Absolutely makes sense, but funny thing is this one in Dunedin was newly built a couple years ago down the road from another that has been countdown since the name change from Woolworths. years ago.
Nelson's got 2 within a couple hundred metres
I'm from Australia when I came here I was like omg 2 Woolworths across the road from each other
There's two Countdowns next to each other in Johnsonville too 🤔
THEY SHOULD PUT UP A THIRD COUNTDOWN
g l b countdown town
@@brittenv1000 countown
Yes and placed it so it forms a illuminati triangle from satellite view.
Yes
I rememeber when I first moved to Tauranga in 2015 and they had 2 countdowns in the bayfair mall. One was called Woolworths though 😅
The current Countdown at Bayfair is eventually going to become a Woolworths in the next 2 years
@@westburnworld I did hear the rumour that countdowns will be going back to be named, Woolworths. Any idea why?
@@KaiMac5 the reason why Countdown is becoming Woolworths is to connect more with Woolworths Australia
@@KaiMac5 Woolworths own countdown and new world
Ummmm.. Highland Park has 2 countdowns like riiiight next to each other lmaoo
haha In Westgate they're about 100m apart
Exactly!
yeah. apparently paknsave is supposed to be between the two but.... something happened. I forgot what lol
@@bruisedbug suzies dumplings is still there tho bahah the rest of the place is abandoned
@@bruisedbug
The original countdown use to be a Foodtown, but the company was bought out by countdown and rebranded to countdown.
And There use to be a highland park shopping centre but Paknsave bought all the stores and kicked everyone out. Their plan was to bulldoze the place and construct a paknsave, however they failed to secure the lease/purchase of the foodtown/countdown space. So paknsave went into a legal battle to try and secure it and *Lost* so that second countdown is the biggest middle finger to paknsave because now paknsave has over 15-25 rented spaces that sit empty that they still have to pay fees such as maintenance, taxes and insurance until the foodtown/countdown lease expires.
What a beautiful video.
Thats my city
This is a legitimate inquiry. Please continue to look into this.
Why is everyone ignoring the fact that the owner dude was wearing so much mason bling?
I mean.... it's like a conspiracy hidden within a meme.
@Lumpy I think that makes it worse
That's just what Mayor's wear in commonwealth countries
33rd degree Freemasons are Luciferians.
About 10 years ago I was offered to join the Masons by a friend of mine. The part that stuck out to me is that I would have to pay $1900 a month to join. WTF? Obviously I asked why, and they said it was for connections and networking, and that the Masons are primarily interested in providing and supporting civil society. AKA, it was vague and grandiose at the same time.
Some people believe the Masons are kind of like a drinking club or something...for $1900 a month? f'k off. Do whatever you want with Conspiracies, but SOMETHING is going on.
@@jm-xb1kv yeh you wouldn't know
There are two countdowns next to each other in Auckland as well!
Yes but it is all Napier has. Auckland has other things. Don't take this away from us :p
@@GeneticDrifter hahaha (ok, in that case forget it, I was only kidin ;) )
lmao what about church corner and bush inn in christchurch
Holy shit I just realized... I know this is all a joke but why would this happen?
pqr590 whats the joke? I don't get it
I was wondering about that. I knew of the Napier ones, but forgot about these two and I live in christchurch!
lol and rangiora had two too
I can’t believed they shut the Bush Inn one down... Where am I supposed to get my Groceries now? New World?
"We've been asked to leave by Countdown."
"...which one?"
SuperValue, Countdown, and Woolworths were all owned by Progressive, forming their low-market, mid-market, and up-market stores respectively. But Woolworths' eventually lost out to its Foodstuffs competitor New World, so Progressive closed down all the Woolworths stores and turned most of them into Countdown stores. So there are actually quite a few locations around New Zealand with adjacent Countdown stores because of it.
Here in the future and Woolworths may have lost the battle but they won the war.
I actually asked a countdown employee why there were two countdowns and she said that when they closed the woolworths that used to be there progressive (the company that owns countdown) couldn't be bothered putting in another supermarket so they just put in a countdown.
This is in Johnsonville as well
Same thing near where I live. There's a large Countdown just a minute's walk away from what used to be a Foodtown, but it changed so now there's two Countdowns.
Christchurch had this too. Countdown Church Corner and Countdown Bush Inn, they were on opposite corners of an intersection. One of which has since closed.
Needs a follow up when they rebrand back to Woolworths.
There's two countdowns next to each other on the same side of the road in Highland Park, Auckland.
imagine robbing a countdown and stealing double brown
Double Brown, only place for that crap is down the sink
@@rogerwilco4736 u can get 18 standards for $22 its a poor mans drink
@@rogerwilco4736 better than waikato draught
Imagine working at countdown and end up going to the wrong countdown to work at
in Auckland, there are also two countdowns next to each other, and they're now putting a PAK'nSAVE in between
Luckily I had a top-flight reconnaissance drone to film from a distance! . . . It was to much of a distance.
Possibly the best Guy segment ever
The ending was gold!
WOW and I thought a Coles right next to Woolworths was strange this is next level O.O
There's two countdowns in Johnsonville Wellington too 😩
My guess is its so a New World can't be built there. Seems to happen all over the place.
Napier has about 3 of them lol
Should go to highland Park next, they have two countdowns closer than this?!
lol legit anyone know why its so common for this to happen in NZ? are they trying to stop Paknsave or New world taking the building?
All of them are owned by foodstuffs lol. They own 4 square aswell. When they discontinued Woolworths they had no reason to sell the center since it was making money, so might as well keep it open
There's also two Countdowns opposite eachother in Christchurch. One at the Bush Inn Center on Riccarton Road and one at Church Corner also on Riccarton Road, 400m from eachother.
This was in my recommendations and I must say I’m very please.
Bush Inn & Church Corner Countdowns is Christchurch are the same, just across the road from each other
A while ago there were two countdowns across from each other in Christchurch at the bush inn/church corner but they got rid of one literally a few days ago.
There are two countdowns next to each other in Johnsonville too.
"Fortunately I had a top flight reconnaissance drone to film from a distance, it was too much of a distance"
"The Final Countdown" - best Dad joke ever!
I've wondered about this for years. I assume it's a real estate thing, they're hanging on to the sites to either develop themselves or sell for development, and in the meantime it only makes sense to leave it open as a supermarket.
We have this in pakuranga as well, but to make it seem different, they named one woolworths and painted it gray.
There is one legit on the same shopping mall in highland park
2021 update: they're still both there. I drive past them everyday
Why do you have so little subs? Greetings from Poland.
They are a New Zealand tv show so most people watch them on tv not youtube
Makes sense, cheers.
That Nathan character is such a charmer.
@@teerevevourdeminingo4274 Great guy
1:45 .."the final countdown"... 🤣🤣🤣
Lost my shit when he came back with the booze XDDD
There’s actually two Caltex stations next to each other in epsom, Auckland
One of them is now a Mobil
Dude, Glenfield Mall has 2 Countdowns on the lower level directly opposite each other.
In Rotorua there’s a countdown across Fenton street and a countdown by the mall off Fenton St.
there's two countdowns next to each other in Rotorua too
There’s two 4-Squares in the thriving metropolis of Twizel - population: 1650.
They are about 50 metres apart. Nobody seems to know why.
I love that they started off playing music from Jurassic Park
Because Aussie supermarket are taking over napier
It's the same in rotorua but on the other side of the road
One was a countdown, the other was a foodstuffs,
Countdown then bought foodstuffs and then turned all the foodstuffs stores into countdowns.
PS: I can’t remember the specific name but I think it was foodstuffs.
Food town?
Bigfresh
I know the owner of one of them. He turns over about $950'000 a week, the other only $400'000. Big difference considering they both stock the same items for the same prices in the same location.
From a distance, it was too much distance 😂😂😂 Oz and Nz humour is the best hahaha
has this guy been to pakuranga auckland its the same thing?
Okay so I live in Napier, and I have never even thought of asking them. Thanks
Definite shenanigans happening in those stores. Can't wait for part 2.
This reminds me of Johnsonville in Wellington. Theres two Countdowns diagonal from each other🤷🏾♂️
bro what about church corner and bush inn.
Same thing in Riccarton, the Bush Inn countdown and across the road there's a standalone countdown. What is their strategy?
as someone from hastings I too have always wondered this 🤔
I was born in Napier in 2004 and I still wonder as to why there's two countdowns next to each other
Highland park east auckland has two countdowns next to each other also
It's weird, I've lived in Napier my entire life and never gave it a second thought
Okay you got me. You've officially made me laugh way too loud in public watching this.
I wonder if Carlyle Countdown has changed back to Woolworths & if Carlyle Countdown now has self checkouts or not
When i went to nz in howick it tripped me out when they had 2 of the same market right next to eachother
We have this in Johnsonville
The Jurassic Park and Terminator music is what makes this
Well done
"Hey psst come over here" Yeah I don't blame that guy for continuing to walk hahahah
Same thing with me
Same 2 shops right near each other in Australia
Glenfield mall had two countdowns right across from each other