Rotorua's newest supermarket is on track to open next week - a month earlier than planned.
FreshChoice will open on Te Ngae Rd, near the intersection with Wharenui Rd, next Thursday.
A total of 36 people have been employed from 400 applicants, all of them locals.
The supermarket is part of a cluster of new businesses in the area, which also includes the Owhata Medical Centre, which is moving from the Owhata Shopping Centre and opening on August 1.
There will also be a new takeaway food premises opening next to the medical centre but the business behind that development has told the Rotorua Daily Post it cannot confirm it is coming until given final sign-off at the end of this month.