The six competing processors have adopted markedly different organisational forms and business strategies.
Phil Barry Thu, 13 Apr 2017
In 2002, when Fonterra was first set up, it processed 96% of the raw milk in New Zealand. The other 4% was processed by two much smaller co-operatives, Westland and Tatua, whose farmer-suppliers elected to stay outside the mega-co-op.
Now, 15 years later, while Fonterra remains dominant in the
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