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TRENOS SiGINT: Canned Fruit Hits The Wall
The signal is not simply “people stopped eating canned peaches.” It is legacy fruit-processing systems are being squeezed from both ends: cheaper canned fruit imports at the retail shelf, higher labour/input/energy costs at the factory gate, and corporate owners rationalising old infrastructure. Heinz Wattie’s has also confirmed broader New Zealand manufacturing closures in Auckland, Christchurch and Dunedin, affecting about 350 jobs, while dropping products including frozen
JC - Analyst
May 132 min read
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