5 May 2020

Coronavirus: Did Level 3 save the hospitality industry?

From Morning Report, 7:56 am on 5 May 2020

New Zealanders managed to ingest five weeks' worth of takeaways in the first week after moving to a Level 3 lockdown.

That's according to a report from ASB, which also says that in the future households might prefer cheaper luxuries like takeaways to more expensive big-ticket items.

So did Level 3 arrive just in time to help save the hospitality industry?

Mike Egan is the president of the Restaurant Association of New Zealand and co-owner of Monsoon Poon in Wellington and Auckland, and the Boulcott Street Bistro and Burger Liquor in Wellington.

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