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A young butcher died suddenly, less than a week after his store went into liquidation.
Roy Green, 38, and his wife Amanda had owned Pukekohe Mad Butcher in South Auckland for five years.
Green was known in the Franklin community and supported various sports and charitable organizations.
He and his staff had appeared in various Things stories, most recently for your support in donating meat for the Franklin County News Smiles for the Christmas Appeal.
The company was liquidated on Tuesday and Victoria Toon of Corporate Restructuring Ltd was named liquidator.
Toon is seeking claims from creditors through June 3.
Mad Butcher Pukekohe is one of a series of Mad Butcher stores that have been liquidated over the past year.
It is not yet known if the store closed due to Covid-19 impacts or a separate issue.
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About six weeks ago, Pukekohe Mad Butcher owner Roy Green visited Facebook to thank locals for their support and urged them to stay safe.
In November, Mad Butcher Northcote, on Auckland’s north shore, closed its doors forever when its franchise agreement with Mad Butcher Holdings ended and was not extended.
It followed the closure of Mad Butcher stores in Glen Innes and Albany earlier last year after the companies that ran them were liquidated.
In a video with TVNZ during alert level 4, Green said that many stores like his were struggling.
“We are just fighting big, we need to sell meat to make money,” Green said.
“And right now we are not selling meat, so we are not making money.”
“The money I have in the bank will go toward spending right now, it’s just a difficult fight.”
The store had been handing out $ 92,000 a week before closing, but was not making money at level 4, TVNZ reported.
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The number of Mad Butcher stores has dropped dramatically in recent years (file photo).
“The stress at the moment when we are trying to pay everyone is ridiculous.”
“I have spent nights awake in bed.
“Some nights I’ve sat there crying, wondering what I’m going to do next. It’s just not fair.”
On April 25, a post on Mad Butcher Pukekohe’s Facebook page said the store would not open at alert level 3.
The Crazy Butcher opened the first day of closing, saying it met the definition of an essential business, but they were eventually told to close.
The number of Mad Butcher stores has decreased dramatically in recent years. There have been more than 20 point-of-sale settlements, of which six franchisees have been liquidated since 2017. The numbers do not include stores that have closed at the end of franchise agreements.
Tributes to Green have been posted on social media, with his local club Tuakau Rugby League saying he was a big part of their community.
Green trained his son’s under-6 team and was a “member of the committee who did everything possible to support our club,” the publication said.
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