Story: Poultry industry

On the shelf

On the shelf

In any supermarket, chicken takes up a significant amount of shelf space in the meat section. New Zealanders prefer chicken to any other meat – in 2006, average annual consumption was more than 36 kilograms per person.

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Vanessa Wintle and Stacey Lepper, 'Poultry industry - Industry structure', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/17310/on-the-shelf (accessed 29 March 2024)

Story by Vanessa Wintle and Stacey Lepper, published 24 Nov 2008