After nearly 20 years of fighting a legal battle, Supermarket Pak 'n Save finally opened its doors in North Shore City.  

The Wairau Rd land was bought in the year 1989 and ever since the company has been waiting to open a store.

In October 2004, it received resource consent, and the building was completed in 2005.

However a challenge was made by rival chain Progressive Enterprises to Foodstuffs' resource consent and the result was a prolonged court battle.

Foodstuffs run the New World and Four Square chains too apart from Pak 'n Save.

Foodstuffs said that 250 jobs have been created by the new supermarket.

(Via TopNews New Zealand. Contributed by Kohia Dennison)