Cleaver Awards pick top cut butcheries

8 May 2014

The annual Cleaver Awards have been announced, with the top national prize going to Uitkyk Vleismark, Lichtenburg. The Awards, an initiative of the South African Red Meat Industry Forum, recognise butcheries that meet the highest standards, according to consumers, across three categories - butcheries with four or more till points, butcheries with three or fewer till points and food market/supermarket butcheries.

Cleaver 2014 National winners

This year, between October and December 2013, 15,000 public nominations were received via SMS and online and six national and 41 provincial butcheries won Platinum or Gold Cleaver Awards.

First prize winners in each national category received a R20,000 cash prize and a Platinum Trophy Award. The runners up received R10,000 cash prize as well as a Gold Cleaver Award Trophy. All of the provincial winners received either a Platinum or Gold Cleaver Award Trophy in their category. Three consumers who nominated the three National Platinum winners each received a voucher for a R1,500 hamper of beef products from the winning butcher.

Category	Award	Up to 3 tills	3 and more tills	Meat Markets
National	Platinum	Uitkyk Vleismark, Lichtenburg	Boma Vleismark, Moreletapark	The Grove Spar, Nelspruit
	Gold	West End Vleismark, Kimberley	Vleislapa, Marshall Street, Polokwane	Crossing Spar, Nelspruit
Gauteng	Platinum	Ziman Meats, Randfontein	Berliner Grill & Deli, Northriding	Karaglen Super Spar, Karaglen
	Gold	Roodt Meat, Florida	Butcher Boys, Vanderbijlpark	Uitkyk Vleismark, Silverton
North West	Platinum	Beesland Slaghuis, Vryburg	Impala Vleismark, Brits	Checkers Hyper, Klerksdorp
	Gold	De Wilge Slaghuis, Potchefstroom	Goudkop Slaghuis, Klerksdorp
Limpopo	Platinum		Vleislapa, Grobler Street, Polokwane
Mpumalanga	Platinum	Frank's Meat, Middelburg		Saveway Super Spar, Witbank
	Gold	Alan`s Butchery, Ermelo		Pick n Pay, White River
Free State	Platinum	Country Meat, Kroonstad	Fredilia Meat, Welkom	Pick & Pay Prellerwalk, Bloemfontein
	Gold	Fauna Meat Market, Bloemfontein		Checkers Hyper, Fleurdal, Bloemfontein
Northern Cape	Platinum	Angus Butchery, Kuruman		Shoprite, Kimberley
	Gold	Koki's Meat Market, Kimberley
Eastern Cape	Platinum	Hansons Deli, Port Elizabeth	Crave Meats, East London	Checkers, Greenacres, Port Elizabeth
	Gold	Heydenrychs, Port Elizabeth		Our Super Spar, Walmer, Port Elizabeth
Western Cape	Platinum	Tomi`s Country Butchery, Hermon	Excellent Food Market, Elsies River	Super Spar, Malmesbury
	Gold	Stilbaai Slaghuis, Stilbaai		Knysna Super Spar
KwaZulu-Natal	Platinum	Dirks Meat Market, Davenport, Durban	Bluff Meats, Pinetown	Michael Frey's Fresh Meat, Manaba Beach
	Gold	Michael Frey`s Butchery, Margate	Bluff Meats, Bluff	Pick n Pay, Ballito
				Checkers, Amanzimtoti