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We're on the move!

By Che

We've outgrown our HQ in Rosedale, Auckland and this weekend we're moving to our new home about 19 km away in Millwater. This is no small task, and is expected to take us from Saturday to Wednesday, 7 February, to complete.

Here are some interesting facts about our new premises, and the move itself:

  • Our new office and warehouse is a massive 10,000 sqm
  • We estimate that we can hold a maximum of 800,000 products in it (SKU holding: 800,000)
  • The building's high-end fire suppression system requires a huge amount of water, more than the local supply can provide. We have two tanks outside that hold 1 million litres each and act as a buffer for the sprinkler system. They've been tested to output 20,000 litres per minute.
  • The building has been built with the environment in mind. The building has been built to attain green star rating of 5 and includes the following eco-friendly features: rainwater flushed toilets, rainwater garden irrigation, carpool parking, smart lighting systems to reduce our power consumption, and provisions for solar panel power in the future.
  • The move is expected to take 100 truck and trailer loads.
  • We have a huge Courier Post truck and trailer unit arriving and leaving both warehouses every 30 minutes each day for 12 hours
  • There are 4 fork lifts at each end loading and unloading the trucks
  • The move requires the use of 60,000 stickers to label the shelving
We have a crew of office and warehouse staff across the weekend helping load and unload maxis and pallets and shelve and un-shelve at each location. It's a big team effort and everyone's excited to finally move in and start working from our new home – it's been well over a year in the planning!

We expect to be back up for shipping and pickup as normal from Wednesday, 7 February. If you live nearby and prefer to pick up your orders you will also be able to do that from Wednesday, 7 February, details here.

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  • April says: 4 February 2018, 12:18pm

    The new warehouse sounds awesome! Good luck to all with the move and transition, exciting days ahead ?

  • Bazaan says: 4 February 2018, 6:02pm

    your going further away from us, noooooo

  • Caitlyn says: 5 February 2018, 12:43pm

    Ohhh I was wondering what those massive tanks were for! Sharp looking building, you guys!!

  • Vanessa says: 5 February 2018, 7:25pm

    Awesome hopefully with the new building and bigger space you will get more of the we r memory keepers products in too :) always looking out for them!

  • Julie says: 5 February 2018, 7:34pm

    Great stuff I lived in Auckland now in Australia so I know where you are.
    Good luck to the team.

  • Ray says: 7 February 2018, 12:15pm

    Welcome to your new home, folks. You do an amazing job.

  • Sid says: 7 February 2018, 4:56pm

    Impressive! Well done!!

  • Sabrina says: 7 February 2018, 5:15pm

    The new building sounds Awsome. Yay more room for more products. :)

  • Calin says: 7 February 2018, 9:27pm

    We used to be neighbours....

  • Brendan says: 8 February 2018, 2:32pm

    Congratulations on being successful enough to need a much bigger warehouse. I think you’ll be too far away from me now to do pick ups (an extra traffic congestion zone or two added in to the trip), but I’ll still check your website when I am considering bigger purchases and weigh up the pros and cons. Good luck!

  • Aidan says: 8 February 2018, 3:22pm

    sad to see you guys move as i used to do pick ups before work as I was just around corner before i moved to Napier. Best of luck with everything. Can't wait to order more stuff soon :)

  • Laura says: 9 February 2018, 10:23pm

    Congrats on the new Building Guys, hope everything goes well.
    Keep up the great work! ^ ^

  • Patrick says: 11 February 2018, 2:05pm

    Will miss your previous site in Albany guys! All the best at your current new site in Millwater/Silverdale site hehe!

  • Stanley says: 11 February 2018, 6:56pm

    Tumeke, guys... that new warehouse looks mean! ?