Food Miles Questions for the 4 Square + Answers

Key

Food Miles Group= Us

Richard=The Four Square Manger

Food Miles Group: What is the process of getting food to your shop?

Richard:  We start by talking to foodstuff.  Food stuff is based in Auckland. Then we order that cheapest and good quality food to get them to send to our store. We spend around about 7000 dollars on food a week. Big trucks are used for taking food to our shop. The food that is needed to be chilled goes in a truck that is like a fridge on wheels.   From that 7000 dollars spent a week we turn over a profit sometimes we make the 7000 dollars back and sometimes we don’t.

Food Miles Group: Do you have local food suppliers? Who are they?

Richard: We get avocados from the Bay Of Plenty which is the main growing region for avocado in New Zealand. This area is perfect because  of its warm climate and fertile soil.  We get the avocados sent to us.

Food Miles Group:  What transport is used to bring food to your shop?

Richard: We only get sent things by trunk from Auckland at the foodstuff base. The step before is getting things to New Zealand and this can be in different ways depend on the food.  

Food Miles Group:  How many countries do you get your food from? What countries are  they?

Richard: We get their food from all around the world. But the most common is China and New Zealand.

Food Miles Group: Has there ever been any diseases carried in imported food?

Richard:  There has been no disease at The Four Square because all the food goes through a machine so if the was disease we could see and take off the shelf.   

Food Miles Group: Have you had any trouble with transporting?

Richard: We have heaps of trouble with transporting as it is hard to get the timing right when the trucks say they are going to be there.

Food Miles Group:  What percent of the Four Square food is imported and locally grown?

Richard: About 98% of food is imported 2% of food is local

Food Miles Group: What is the biggest difference between import and local?

Richard: We find the biggest difference is the amount of wrapping on the imported food compared to the amount of food that comes from nearby.   

Food Miles Group: How many staff members do you have?

Richard: We have 21 staff members and 9 of them are students.

Food Miles Group: How did you get the job of being the manager of the Four Square?

Richard:  I got the job from my parent but I had to sit some tests to get the job.

Food Miles Group: How are the jobs set out in the shop?

 Richard: We have 3 months in one area then move to the next. Say I started in the deli things then I would move on to the checkout.