Product mix 'saved' Fonterra - Hurrell

Product mix 'saved' Fonterra - Hurrell
Brent Melville
Fonterra chief executive Miles Hurrell said a large product range and diversity of markets was "saving" New Zealand's single largest export earner under the covid-19 global pandemic.“China goes through a hole in the floor in February and we can move those products into retail in Australia, for example.” Speaking at a Trans-Tasman Business Circle webinar, Hurrell said the crisis had reinforced the importance of being able to adapt to market conditions, saying that Fonterra's product diversit...

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