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2020 Corona virus prompts panic buying
In March 2020, in an unprecedented wave of panic buying, supermarket customers cleared the shelves of non-perishable foods including canned foods, pasta, rice and flour, as well as commodities such as toilet paper and tissues. The rush was generated by fears of being isolated at home owing to the outbreak of the novel Corona virus COVID-19. More
2020 McDonald’s vegetable burger launched
Given the trend towards vegetable-based eating, it took McDonald’s Australia some time to catch up with a non-meat burger. Launched nationally in January, the McDonald’s vegetable burger is called, naturally, the McVeggie™ . It is described as a “delicious crunchy potato, cheese and veggie patty, fresh lettuce and our famous pickles” sandwiched in a sesame seed bun. More