Cleaver Awards pick top cut butcheries
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 |
