Story: Food shops

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.