8 | BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT NZ Food Awards: Beard Brothers A winning combination T from page 6 Innovation is at the heart of the company and can be seen across the Beard Brothers’ range. Brebner Print are proud to provide quality print and packaging services to Beard Brothers a family-owned business with a big vision. www.brebnerprint.co.nz Proud to be associated with Beard Brothers Starfoods are proud to support the Beard Brothers for all their wholesale food needs. 32 Dunlop Road, Napier | 06 843 5115 | www.starfoods.co.nz GT Greens is a premier producer and supplier of fresh hydroponic table greens. Our mission is to deliver a reliable supply quality fresh hydroponic produce 365 days of the year with zero harm to people or the environment. www.gtgreens.co.nz | samuel@gtgreens.co.nz | Twyford, Hastings Fancy lettuce & Cos lettuce | Watercress | Mesculun | Flat Leaf Parsley & Coriander | Courgettes enjoy fresh all year round Keeping it real and natural is a major focus. That means pure ingredients, no added MSG and definitely no over-processed or filler meats. The seasonings used are top quality and used sparingly so the natural flavour of the meat shines through. Innovation is at the heart of the company and can be seen across the range. For example the Beard Brothers ‘island inspired’ Pork and Palusami Sausage is a combination of the company’s popular Pork Sausage and authentic Palusami - a combination of taro leaves, onion, spices, spinach and coconut - sourced directly from Samoa. After one month on sale it was 9% of Bear Brothers’ total sausage market and continues to grow. “We had to find a way to blend in the palusami so had to design a set of paddles for our sausage filler to ensure that the palusami is evenly distributed through the sausages,” explains Rob. “We worked closely with the local Pacifica church on this sausage and the crew were our chief taste testers.” Other innovative products Rob believes are a world-first on supermarket shelves are Pork and Puha and Pork and Watercress which took out the Artisan category in the NZ Food Awards for 2021. Sustainability is another significant focus and Rob says Beard Brothers is constantly looking at ways to reduce any impact on the environment. Beard Brothers uses 100% recyclable trays from Germany and product sleeves are printed on environmentally responsible paperboard, produced using ECF pulp ISO14001. Rob says Beard Brothers is “really big” on social wellbeing. Every week staff tray pack any small sausages and these go to The Acorn Project, a volunteer organisation that helps families with kids between 5-20 living with cancer. Along with this it supports local junior sports teams and schools, Lifeline and sends one pellet of sausages (about 300kg) a month to the Wellington City Mission. Rob says the company will continue to do what it does best - innovate and come up with amazing ground breaking new products.
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