Open Country opens butter plant
When American retail giant Cosco came to audit Open Country Dairy’s new butter plant at the Waharoa site and give the green light to supply their American stores, they allowed themselves a week for the exercise.
Open Country’s new automated butter plant began churning out butter last month.
And Milking It understands that the country’s second largest milk processor has already locked in a major customer – Costco Global in the US.
With Costco NZ – with turnover of around $360 million – buying its butter from Westland Milk in Hokitika, Open Country has gone for the big prize. Costco Global owns over 828 warehouse stores, mostly in the US, plus some in Canada and Mexico.
Owned by the Talley’s Group, Open Country Dairy butter could soon be appearing on Costco shelves in North America.
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