PAK'nSAVE Taupō is the town's big-range supermarket, on Ruapehu Street in central Taupō. Its aim, as the store puts it, is to keep costs down and pass the savings on. The website lists the full weekly range: fresh fruit and vegetables, chicken, beef, lamb, pork, mince and sausages, seafood, deli meats, dairy and dairy-free options, Pams pantry and household lines, and a Makeaways counter with burgers, pizza and wraps. It also lists a Father's Day range.
Of the two supermarkets on Open Locally with 10 or more reviews, this one is the busier of the two, and the other rates a little higher. Within a kilometre, the nearest other supermarket is the Four Square at Lake Taupō, 0.9 km away, which has a rating of 4.4 from 107 reviews.