"We continue to monitor water sales and work closely with our suppliers to ensure we have plenty of stock on hand over the coming weeks."
Foodstuffs media spokesperson Antoinette Laird said with the hotter weather the company has definitely seen a lift in sales of products like ice cream, ice and bottled water throughout the country.
Foodstuffs operates PAK’nSAVE, New World and Four Square Supermarkets, and On the Spot convenience stores.
"Gore is no exception and water has been flying off the shelves.
We would like to reassure customers that we have plenty of water in stock, in fact we have four pallets of water about to be stacked on the shelves.
"We are out of stock of some variants of bottled water, but our supply team is working hard to ensure that our customers have what they need when they need it."
In Gore, demand is up because the Gore District Council has had to start pumping water from the Mataura River to supplement the town’s water supply.
Environment Southland director of science and information Graham Sevicke-Jones said the Gore District Council has consent to take 2851m3 of water per day, at a rate of 33 litres per second, from the river to supplement Coopers Well, which supplies the town with water.
Gore council 3 Waters manager Matt Bayliss said the tanker was refilled on Wednesday morning.
– Stuff