We are proud to play an important part in the food chain and as a popular supplier of fine meats & meat products in the Goulburn Valley.
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Burgers that will make your mouth water Savour if you will, a delicious, if not expensive burger eaten within the confines of an architecturally designed hipster café anywhere in the state and quite likely, the meat in the burger was produced right here in the Goulburn Valley.
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rovincial Food Group is in the business of taking basic meat cuts and further processing them into packaged meals, as shanks in sauce, as sausages and of course, as ready to cook burgers. The machinery used in these processes has for the most part, been imported from Germany who are the masters of making sausages and it is constantly being updated and refined to bring a better product to market. Commercial clients such as Campbell Foods use the processed meat in its different forms, minced or diced to add into their range of products while with Aldi, that lamb shank
in tomato sauce in their meat section or the ready cooked roast beef may have journeyed through the Provincial Food Group plant in Lemnos. General manager, Rabeeh Charif has only recently joined the company having spent a number of years in Papua New Guinea running a similar operation there. “Not many people in the community know that our company is one of the largest meat further processors in the region since most of our clients are B2B,” said Rabeeh. The processing plant at Provincial Food Group was once used as a refrigerated cold storage for horticultural produce
ANOTHER WORLD CLASS BUSINESS... Machinery from Germany, meat from the GV and experienced general manager, Rabeeh Charif joined Provincial Food Group from similar projects in Papua New Guinea, making this operation one to watch. Photo: Kelly Lucas. before transitioning into meat processing around 2018 when the facility was acquired by Beston Global Food Company Ltd, an ASX listed company. Provincial Food Group
employs around 35 people across its operations and is located at 435 New Dookie Rd, Lemnos. Our Goulburn Valley magazine salutes another success story in the Goulburn Valley.
More than just fruit, it’s our people For nearly 75 years, Geoffrey Thompson Holdings has been supplying fruit to supermarkets, fruiterers and the like. The journey continues today with 300 permanent staff and an extra 300 people during harvest, making us the fourth largest employer in the Goulburn Valley. Our team recently hit an extraordinary milestone of a record 107,000 bins processed. Geoffrey Thompson Holdings supplies 10% of Australia’s apples and pears. From apprentices and forklift drivers to trainees and pickers - our focus is our people. More than just fruit, it’s our people.
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