Story: Food shops
Page 8 – External links and sources
More links and websites
Four Square
Information on the history of this chain of grocery stores.
The Mad Butcher
Peter Leitch set up a chain of butchery stores, beginning in Auckland in the 1960s.
The New Zealand Food & Grocery Council
The council representing the manufacturers and suppliers of New Zealand food, beverage and grocery brands.
Verkerks
The history of the Christchurch specialty-meats company that started out as a delicatessen opened by a Dutch immigrant.
Wheat and milling history
New Zealand Baking Industry Research Trust information on the history of flour milling in New Zealand.
More suggestions and sources
Bolton, Joseph S. A company history of Foodstuffs (Wellington) Co-operative Society: the industry behind the shop counter. Wellington: The Co-operative, 1997.
Butterworth, Susan. Quality Bakers New Zealand: the first 25 years: a New Zealand commercial adventure. Auckland: Quality Bakers New Zealand, 1997.
Johnson, David, and Jenny Haworth. Hooked: the story of the New Zealand fishing industry. Christchurch: Hazard Press for the Fishing Industry Association, 2004.
Leitch, Peter. What a ride, mate!: the life and times of the Mad Butcher. Auckland: HarperCollins, 2008.
