Night 'n Day Cuba Street brings one of New Zealand's best-known convenience names to 139 Cuba St in the heart of Wellington's CBD. It is part of the Night 'n Day Foodstores network — an award-winning retail convenience group with more than 50 stores across the North and South Islands — built on a philosophy of top quality service and top notch presentation that the company sums up in a single word: excellence.
The brand's story is a genuine Kiwi one. Denise and Andrew Lane have been successfully retailing in the trade since 1978, and in 1990 they founded Night 'n Day Foodstores Ltd with a vision to transform local food stores and establish a franchise network across New Zealand. The first stores — in Christchurch, Dunedin and Invercargill — offered round-the-clock convenience, open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and the network later introduced extended 6 am to 11 pm hours to carry its signature convenience to smaller, yet mighty, communities around the country.
At the Cuba Street store you'll find the everyday essentials Night 'n Day is known for: food, drinks, snacks and daily basics for people on the move through the central city. Weekly promotions are part of the experience — the brand's much-searched Tuesday deal among them — and delivery is promoted for shoppers who'd rather have their order come to them. Feedback is genuinely welcomed too, with a compliment or complaint form on the company website tied to the store you visited.
Night 'n Day Cuba Street sits at 139 Cuba St in the heart of Wellington's CBD — a handy stop in one of the capital's busiest neighbourhoods, and part of a name generations of New Zealanders have come to know for round-the-clock style convenience.
Night 'n Day's roots go back further than most people realise. Denise and Andrew Lane have been successfully retailing in the trade since 1978, and as company directors they remain fully committed to the Night 'n Day Foodstores franchise to this day. The company itself, Night 'n Day Foodstores Ltd, was founded in 1990 with a vision to transform local food stores and establish a franchise network across New Zealand.
The first Night 'n Day stores launched in Christchurch, Dunedin and Invercargill, and they made their mark by doing something simple but rare at the time: staying open. Those early stores offered round-the-clock convenience, operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Later, recognising the needs of smaller — yet mighty — communities, the network introduced stores with extended hours from 6 am to 11 pm, carrying its signature convenience to towns throughout the country.
Today, Night 'n Day describes itself as an award-winning, leading retail convenience network with over 50 stores across New Zealand's North and South Islands, and the Cuba Street store is part of that family.
The brand's own summary of its standards is refreshingly direct. Night 'n Day is committed to a philosophy of top quality service and top notch presentation, with standards summed up in a single word — excellence — reflected, the company says, in every aspect of the business.
For a shopper, that translates into a tidy, well-presented store where the everyday essentials are easy to find and the service is meant to feel effortless rather than transactional.
As a Night 'n Day Foodstore, the Cuba Street shop covers the everyday ground a convenience store does best: food, drinks, snacks and daily basics for people on the move through the central city. It's the stop for the forgotten item, the quick bite between meetings, or the top-up on the way home.
Promotions are a genuine part of the Night 'n Day experience. The company's website playfully suggests that if you're visiting, it's "honestly probably" because you're looking for the Tuesday deal — a weekly promotion that has become a signature of the brand. Current offers are published on the Night 'n Day promotions page, so it's worth a quick look before you head out the door.
Delivery is part of the offering too, with a dedicated delivery service promoted on the brand's website for shoppers who'd rather have their Night 'n Day picks come to them.
Night 'n Day makes a point of inviting feedback — compliments and complaints alike. A contact and feedback form on the company website lets customers share a great experience or flag something that wasn't quite right, selecting the store visited along with the date and time of the visit. The team notes it doesn't reply on weekends or public holidays, but will get back to you as soon as it's back.
You'll find Night 'n Day at 139 Cuba St, Wellington CBD. As with any store in a large network, it's wise to confirm this branch's current opening hours before a late-night run — the store finder on the Night 'n Day website is the quickest way to check your local.
Whether you're a Cuba Street regular, a city worker on a break, or a visitor exploring central Wellington, Night 'n Day Cuba Street offers a familiar Kiwi convenience experience, backed by more than three decades of franchising history and a retail pedigree stretching back to 1978.