by Frederica | May 29, 2020 | AMIC News
A self-proclaimed home-grown butcher shop, Perry’s Quality Meats is located in the small town of Smithton, on the far north-west coast of Tasmania – population 3,800. Owner Josh Perry says “everyone knows everyone around here”, and supporting local community is very...
by Frederica | May 1, 2020 | AMIC News, Industry News, Uncategorized
The Greatest Butcher on Your Block campaign was launched by MLA and AMIC in November, and was a 2 part campaign with the goal of reminding consumers how important independent butchers are to local communities, and to drive beef and lamb sales over the summer....
by Frederica | May 1, 2020 | AMIC News, Industry News, Uncategorized
Phillip Mitchell had always had an interest in cooking thanks to generations of food-lovers in his family, but it wasn’t until David Cornell at Rochester Meats encouraged the aimless teenager to apply for an apprenticeship that he had ever considered butchery as a...
by Frederica | Mar 12, 2020 | AMIC News, Media Release
12 March 2020 – With the details of the Government Coronavirus stimulus package now released, the Australian Meat Industry Council (AMIC) welcomes the package and the impact that it will have on the already struggling post farm gate meat industry. AMIC CEO Patrick...
by Frederica | Nov 11, 2019 | AMIC News, Media Release
The Australian Meat Industry Council (AMIC) has welcomed a new Federal drought package released yesterday but says that most of the processors, which provide thousands of jobs in regional Australia, will find themselves ineligible for low cost loans that could keep...
by Frederica | Nov 8, 2019 | AMIC News, Industry News
Rod and Julie Leaver of Edge Hill Butchery in Cairns have just had their second major win as AMIC’s Queensland Retailer of the Year, becoming the only owners to ever win the award twice. The couple took out the award for their previous shop 6 years ago, and...
