Maccas beef milestone

McDonald's customers have enjoying more than five million kilos of locally sourced Angus beef patties since the range was launched in 2009.

To put that into perspective that's roughly the same weight as nine Airbus A380 aircraft.

While gourmet burgers have been on trend for the past few years, McDonald's was one of the first to start using quality New Zealand Angus beef, almost a decade ago.

The burgers on offer have changed with customer tastes over the years, but Angus beef has proved consistently popular, with orders of the beef rising by nearly 24% in one year (2016 to 2017) and over 700,000 kilos of New Zealand Angus beef used in 2017 alone.

Beef + Lamb New Zealand chief executive Rod Slater said serving more than 5.5 million kilograms of New Zealand-bred Angus beef was a remarkable milestone to reach.

''Given the quality of our Angus beef, it's no surprise that tender beef like this has been such a popular choice on McDonald's menus since 2009.''

McDonald's is one of the country's biggest buyers of New Zealand beef, including Angus.

In 2017 alone, the company bought 5.5 million kilos for the local market and exported 33 million kilos to McDonald's restaurants globally, representing 10% of New Zealand's total beef exports.

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