Displaying items by tag: McDonalds

Fonterra's Eltham site in Taranaki is stepping up its global impact with an upgrade to its processed cheese production lines, boosting capacity to meet growing international demand.

Feeding more than 1.5 million people a week takes more than quick service, it takes the ongoing work of New Zealand farmers and producers, according to McDonalds.

OPINION: Recently I spent a couple of days on the Macca's site at Fieldays.

McDonald's says it spent $546 million with Kiwi producers in 2023.

Nearly $600 million worth of New Zealand primary sector ingredients were sourced for McDonald's domestic and global use last year.

Fast-food giant McDonalds spent a record $598 million last year on New Zealand milk, cheese, and other primary industry ingredients.

OPINION: This old mutt notes that 'activist' Angus Robson tried a new tack in using woke, online media outfit Newsroom to reboot his ongoing - and thus far failed - attempt to muddy the name of NZ farming.

OPINION: The Hound hears that international fast food chain McDonalds has quietly ended its brief and underwhelming experiment with plant burgers.

Fast food chain McDonald's spent nearly $500 million on New Zealand agriculture products last year.

A year-long trial has shown that it’s possible to produce a beef patty sustainably across the supply chain in New Zealand.