Coronavirus panic buying leads consumers straight to paddock to plate businesses

Lucy Kinbacher
Updated March 25 2020 - 2:42pm, first published 11:00am
Megan and Ritchie Mann with their daughters Macy and Kelsey, of WM Meats, Taylors Arm, which has seen increased demand for home delivery meat as a result of coronavirus. Photos: Supplied
Megan and Ritchie Mann with their daughters Macy and Kelsey, of WM Meats, Taylors Arm, which has seen increased demand for home delivery meat as a result of coronavirus. Photos: Supplied

Panic buying of grocery items has boosted the sales of paddock to plate businesses and forced some to employ more staff.

Lucy Kinbacher

Lucy Kinbacher

Editor - Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register

Raised on a cattle property at Biggenden, Lucy Kinbacher has spent 10 years working across metropolitan, regional and rural publications in both Queensland and NSW. Lucy has been the editor of the Queensland Country Life and North Queensland Register since 2021.

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