An Auckland supermarket manager was sacked after he rewrapped meat and slapped new "best before" dates on the packages.

Woolworths, which has about 40% of New Zealand’s supermarket sales, lifted revenue by 2.9% at its Countdown-brand stores in the third quarter of the financial year.

Woolworths reports growth and revenue boost following its complete re-branding of all its NZ supermarket stores.

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