Chinese restaurants to help get NZ meat through covid

Chinese restaurants to help get NZ meat through covid
Brent Melville
Post-covid economic recovery and the reopening of restaurants in China and Asia is positive news for the New Zealand meat sector, whereas orders into other markets have started to stutter under the burden of the pandemic.With Chinese consumers beginning to benefit from better job security and income growth compared to earlier this year, the food service industry - cafes and restaurants - are starting to reopen their doors, helping underpin demand for beef and lamb, two staples of NZ exports.Westpac senior economist Nathan Penny said t...

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