August 26, 2009

McDonald's expects to buy an additional 500,000kg of angus beef to supply its New Zealand operations this year.

McDonald's has launched a new hamburger range and expects to increase its domestic use of New Zealand beef by 10 percent to more than five million kg.

McDonald's would seek more New Zealand angus beef for markets in North America, the AngusPure marketing company said.

The angus beef will come from Waikato, Canterbury, Taranaki and Hawke's Bay, and will be processed by Silver Fern Farms and ANZCO.