Food System
The Long Drift — Part 2: The Brand That Ate Its Suppliers
Pams claims 68% local sourcing. It's a portfolio average. The categories where it falls short are the exact categories where NZ food manufacturing was built — and is now closing.
food security
Can New Zealand Feed Itself?
Wattie's and McCain are closing. Marsden Point is rubble. The trams are gone. New Zealand keeps dismantling what works — and calling the rebuild progress. This needs to stop.
New Zealand food system
The Quiet Collapse Behind New Zealand’s Frozen Vegetables
McCain’s Hastings closure and Wattie’s frozen vegetable retreat put at risk local processing capacity tied to roughly 86,000 tonnes of vegetables a year, enough for all five daily vegetable servings for around 589,000 people.
