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Tuesday, 25 September 2018 11:44

Anyone like more junket?

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Not a good look for Fonterra as media report on a junket by 200 European staff to a California resort town.

Add to that 100 Chinese staff, media and customers spending a week at a five-star resort to celebrate Anchor’s success. For farmer shareholders reeling from the co-op’s $196m loss the timing couldn’t have been worse. Who approved these junkets? Was it the former chief executive who this month sailed into sunset with last year’s $8m pay cheque?

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