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Pretty shit for the staff, but honestly not surprising if they're charging $10 for a basic egg sandwich.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seems to have been mostly Wellington, with a few elsewhere. From an archive of their stores page I count:

  • Wellington: 14
  • Auckland: 2
  • Christchurch: 1
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The production kitchen and company headquarters was based in Wellington. I think they originally started out on Woodward street, and then had a big kitchen on Victoria St for a while - down near the Ghuznee St end.

At various points the number of stores outside of Wellington grew; for instance i'm pretty sure they had stores in the Auckland CBD itself - on Vulcan Lane maybe. I had no idea that Wellington it had as many as it did but they also sold via supermarkets for some time as well as couriering direct to customers as well I think.

Its interesting looking at their branding, doesn't look like it changed much from the mid 2000s.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

When I lived in Wellington (a long time ago) it honestly felt like there were Wishbones everywhere.

I couldn't understand why they were so popular.