Long Flat Bacon Company



 
About the Long Flat Bacon Company

The moment you push through the doors of the Long Flat Bacon Company butchery in Ruawai, you know you have entered a world where the taste and flavour of the bacon, sausages, hams and other goods produced there, are as important as the exacting standards of hygiene required of any modern food producer.

What you don't see however, is the attention to detail at every level of the business - from growing the pigs to the smart
labelling on the chilled courier packs of premier bacon, ham,
sausages and other goods, being delivered to homes, restaurants and delicatessens throughout New Zealand.

The purchase of the Ruawai Butchery in 2003 completed the production cycle for Maungaturoto pig-farmers, Graham and Sally Taylor.

With the combined operations on Ariel Farm and Long Flat Bacon Company butchery at Ruawai, the Taylors are able to control the whole process of producing top quality bacon, ham, sausages and salami.

Attention to quality has been a hallmark of each enterprise. Their work at Ariel Farm won 'Pig Farmer of the Year' in 1999 and the retail shop in Ruawai is a favourite with the local community for top quality meat products.

However, it was the purchase of the Ruawai Butchery and the subsequent launch of the Long Flat Bacon Company that has made a significant difference, by bringing the total manufacturing process under their control.

The reason that Long Flat Bacon Company products have built such a strong reputation is the use traditional methods for smoking and curing the bacon and hams. Respect for the food they produce extends to incorporating local knowledge and customs into the business.

Long-standing local identity, Leo Hackett had a recipe for sausages that made the Ruawai butchery famous for over fifty years. When ownership passed to the Taylors, they were keen to maintain this particular taste tradition, and Leo Hackett's original recipe is in production once again, with one slight change. These days they are called "The Hackett Sausages".


"A great ham and plenty of it - thanks" Annabelle