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Woolworths removes in-store butchers across New Zealand

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The Woolworths supermarket giant will now have no in-store butchers in this country, as all stores move to a centralised meat processing supply. Peter Martin, a butcher apprenticeships manager at Skills4Work spoke to John Campbell.

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