Poor old New Zealand - we've already had an Ozzy journalist - calling us the rip-off country - now a new article - reads that it is actually cheaper to buy New Zealand lamb in London than where it is produced.
There are lots of industry excuses - although you'd think it would be more expensive due to the shipping etc....
However - basically London orders Lamb by the container.... Kiwi's don't - and our fragmented hilly Island is a pain logistics wise - much easier to ship whole containers - with guaranteed and predictable demand - than deliver to Kiwi's who are mostly broke - gouged by utilities - a and 45% tax rate etc... etc....
It's a shame though - you'd think that there would be some perks - associated with living in NZ - where clean green and tasty food is produced - but no! We are the global factory hands - we wrap it - pack it - and send it off- and eat the shitty old meats covered in preservative laced bread crumbs - or marinated in glop - or tenderized by the tread of a tank (by the looks).
There are lots of industry excuses - although you'd think it would be more expensive due to the shipping etc....
However - basically London orders Lamb by the container.... Kiwi's don't - and our fragmented hilly Island is a pain logistics wise - much easier to ship whole containers - with guaranteed and predictable demand - than deliver to Kiwi's who are mostly broke - gouged by utilities - a and 45% tax rate etc... etc....
It's a shame though - you'd think that there would be some perks - associated with living in NZ - where clean green and tasty food is produced - but no! We are the global factory hands - we wrap it - pack it - and send it off- and eat the shitty old meats covered in preservative laced bread crumbs - or marinated in glop - or tenderized by the tread of a tank (by the looks).
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