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Our bacon won GOLD!
August 1, 2022
Our Dry Cured Streaky Bacon won GOLD at the 2022 100% New Zealand Bacon & Ham Awards.
2022 Hellers Sharp Blacks
August 1, 2022
Reuben has been selected for the Hellers Sharp Blacks and will be competing in the World Butchers' Challenge, a biennial event commonly known as the ‘Olympics of Butchery.’
Meet the new President of RMNZ
August 1, 2022
At this year's Butcher's Summit in New Plymouth, Reuben was elected President of Retail Meat New Zealand.
The Butcher Lending a Hand for his Community
August 25, 2021
New Lynn's Aussie Butcher helping out New World in Green Bay. With many staff isolating and meat shelves to stock, Reuben Sharples jumped on the tools to assist new supermarket owner Jamie Brear. He said Sharples offered to help as soon as he heard the store was under the pump. The store was recently named a location of interest for Covid-19 and 30 per cent of its staff are at home self-isolating.
Lockdown Heroes - NZ HERALD
August 25, 2021
A Kiwi butcher has been hailed a Lockdown Hero this week after he went to work helping a competing store put food on the shelves.
Listen to Reuben on The Meat Up Podcast
August 11, 2021
Join Luke Leyson, a 1st Generation Butcher, to meat up with guests and talk about...