Get your Christmas glaze ready, the results of the most important vote of the year are in; ham will be the most popular protein on Kiwis’ plates this Christmas Day.
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Butchers across the country are urging the government to allow them to reopen under strict Covid protocol and serve their communities. Currently, under Alert Level 4, independent butchers are only allowed to operate contactless deliveries – a position unviable for many operators.
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Samantha Weller and Maria Pio, also from PAK’nSAVE Rangiora have booked their places in the National Butchery Awards Final after taking out the South Island Pact Packaging Young Butcher and ANZCO Foods Butcher Apprentice competitions respectively.
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The results of the most important vote of the year are in; lamb will be the most popular protein on Kiwis’ plates on Christmas Day.
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Riki Kerekere, Operations Manager of Countdown Meat & Livestock in Otahuhu, has been awarded the prestigious Christie Award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the retail meat industry. Riki was recognised with this prestigious Award at the Alto Butcher, ANZCO Foods Butcher Apprentice and Pure South Master Butcher live stream event in Auckland this evening.
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An open letter to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on behalf of the independent butchers of New Zealand to urgently reclassify local butcheries as essential services in line with dairies.
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The retail meat industry is asking for urgent clarification from the government regarding the status of independent butcher stores and their classification as an ‘essential service’.
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Following on from our communications yesterday where we advised you what is deemed 'essential services' (based off the official COVID-19 government website), we wanted to provide some recommendations and guidance on how best to operate during this time to protect yourselves and your staff, and minimise the risk and spread of Coronavirus.
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Global networking group, Meat Business Women are stepping onto the world stage as they accept an invitation to speak at the World Meat Congress (WMC) in Cancun, Mexico on June 12.
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Westmere Butchery in Auckland has taken out New Zealand’s top sausage award for the second year in a row. They were announced as the Supreme Award winner for the 2019 Devro Great New Zealand Sausage Competition
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The Devro Great New Zealand Sausage Competition is reaching out to the sausage-loving Kiwi public to find New Zealand’s snarler super fan to help crown Aotearoa’s tastiest sausage.
Do you know your bratwurst from your boerewors? Are you fanatical about frankfurters? Can you smell a sausage sizzle from six hundred metres? If so, we need your help.
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New Zealand has finalised the ANZCO Foods Young Butchers of New Zealand Squad that will compete at the World Champion Butcher Apprentice and Young Butcher competitions – the curtain raiser to the World Butchers’ Challenge in Sacramento next September.
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David Baines, General Manager of New Zealand Pork, has been awarded the prestigious Christie Award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the retail meat industry.
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Greg Egerton from Countdown Dunedin Central has won the prestigious Alto Butcher of the Year title and Cherise Redden from Countdown Meat & Seafood was crowned ANZCO Foods Butcher Apprentice at the Grand Final which took place today at Shed 10 in Auckland.
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Comedian and radio broadcaster Leigh Hart turned his hand to butchery in a feeble attempt to make the Kiwi butchery team, the Sharp Blacks who have now partnered with Hellers as they prepare for the World Butchers’ Challenge – the Olympics of butchery – due to take place next October in Sacramento, California.
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Butchers from across the lower South Island sharpened their knives and cut their way through a two-hour competition in the regional stages of the 2019 Alto Butcher and ANZCO Foods Butcher Apprentice of the Year.
It was a close call, but after a fierce competition Greg Egerton from Countdown Dunedin Central placed first in the Alto Butcher of the Year category and Tom Frood from New World Gardens, Dunedin claimed first spot in the ANZCO Foods Butcher Apprentice of the Year category.
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It was an all-women showdown at the Upper South Island regionals after a close competition Samantha Weller from New World Rangiora placed first in the Alto Butcher of the Year category and Maria De Lourdes Pio from PAK’nSave Rangiora claimed first spot in the ANZCO Foods Butcher Apprentice of the Year category.
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Butchers from across the country have proved their skills with a sharp start to this year’s Alto Butcher and ANZCO Foods Butcher Apprentice of the Year competition.
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Simon Dixon from Island Bay Butchery and Makalah Stevens from New World Foxton carved up the competition at the lower North Island regional finals of the 2019 Alto Butcher and ANZCO Foods Butcher Apprentice of the Year.
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Butchers from across the upper North Island sharpened their knives and brought their best practice to the fore to kick start this year’s national Alto Butcher and ANZCO Foods Butcher Apprentice of the Year competitions, at the first regional held in Auckland this weekend.
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