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Blue Sky reports best result in 8 years

Rebecca Howard
Thu, 04 Jul 2019

By Rebecca Howard July 4 (BusinessDesk) - Southland meat processor and marketer Blue Sky Meats says the year to March was its best result in eight years as a strategic plan bore fruit. The company, which is due to release its annual report shortly, said the March financial year ended with revenue up by 34 percent to a record $140 million. Pre-tax profit was up 36 percent at $5 million. The company processed 25 percent more stock for a total of 742,000 and said the results were heartening given the sustained high schedule prices and de...

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