17 November 2020 1 Min Read

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WATCH: How Covid-19 weighed on Astral

Astral CEO Chris Schutte talks to Business Day TV about the challenges it has faced during lockdown

in Companies / Retail & Consumer by Business Day TV
Astral CEO Chris Schutte. Picture: FREDDY MAVUNDA
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Astral says its operations ran like clockwork during hard lockdown, but the group was unable to reap the full benefit of its essential work status as the closure of Quick Service Restaurants, higher costs and load-shedding worked against the poultry producer.

For more insight Business Day TV spoke to Astral CEO Chris Schutte.

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