The RMNZ team are pleased to announce that the Alto Young Butcher, ANZCO Foods Butcher Apprentice, and the new Pure South Master Butcher of the Year competitions will be going ahead this year. We've had to push the dates back a little with the regionals now taking place in August and the Grand Final taking place in late October.
Read MoreAs you may have seen yesterday afternoon, the Prime Minister answered a press question around butchers operating online with contactless deliveries. This morning we have received official confirmation from MPI & MBIE that this is accurate and their websites will be updated to reflect this.
Butchers have been approved to operate an online/over the phone service with contactless delivery. Butchers must keep their doors closed to the public and must not provide a click and collect or pick up service. We will send through the official advisory notice shortly when we receive it.
Animal welfare crisis if independent butchers remain excluded from essential business list
The Government’s decision to exclude independent butchers from the essential business list will cause an animal welfare crisis in the New Zealand pork sector. All independent butchers across the country have been classified as non-essential businesses and been forced to close as part of the Alert Level 4 lock-down for COVID-19. However, the decision will likely result in the pork sector having no place to house up to 5,000 surplus pigs on farm every week.
Read MoreThe official COVID-19 government website has just updated its information and it now states:
'Butchers, bakeries and similar small-scale food retailers are considered non-essential'.
Read MoreThe 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’.
Read MoreFollowing 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.
Read MoreGlobal 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.
Read MoreLamb was voted as the meat of choice for Kiwis this Christmas as part of the Classic Kiwi Christmas Census 2019.
Read MoreIn celebration of the Great New Zealand #SausageFest, chef Jarrod McGregor has created a delicious Pork Sausage, Caramlised Onion & Feta Tart.
Read MoreWestmere 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
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreNew 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.
Read MoreDavid 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.
Read MoreGreg 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.
Read MoreComedian 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.
Read MoreButchers 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.
Read MoreIt 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.
Read MoreButchers 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.
Read MoreSimon 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.
Read MoreButchers 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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