And that's why we provide our customers with a choice. Coles Finest fresh beef is always 100% Australian with no added hormones. The cattle begin eating grass and are then fed grains such as barley and wheat. GRAZE; our specialty beef range, is 100% Australian, grass-fed and has no added hormones.
Free to graze on pastures and never fed cereal grains, all our delicious GRAZE lamb and GRAZE beef is from 100% Aussie farms. It's all selected to high standards, and proudly brought to you by Coles and Aussie farmers.
As an Australian company, we love supporting other Australian businesses. To do this, we pride ourselves on having an Australian First Sourcing Policy, which means we source fruit and veg from Aussie Farms First. In fact, 96% of our fresh produce is Australian sourced*.
Coles Brand Fresh Beef is sourced from over 1,000 Aussie beef farmers. This range is 100% Australian grown with no added hormones.
Selected to high standards, our lambs are born and raised in pastures across farms in North-East Tasmania. Our farmers work with nature to produce great tasting, quality lamb. Coles works with our Tassie farmers to achieve this high level of quality.
Woolworths fresh lamb is 100% Australian. Only 20% of Woolworths' lambs are sourced from accredited saleyards with 80% sourced straight from the farm.
Victoria is Australia's largest sheep meat producer, producing around half (46%) of Australian sheep meat followed by NSW (28%).
Thanks to our Aussie-first supplier policy, 100% of our fresh meat is proudly Australian grown. Our suppliers are some of Australia's best farmers, like the Thomas family, BE Campbells, the Bandari Food Group, Golden Cockerel and the Benders… just to name a few.
Woolworths Beef Mince features 100% Australian beef, sourced from selected Aussie farmers to ensure the tastiest quality beef mince for creating delicious beef dishes at home.
Aldi meat does not come from China. Most of the beef sold in the US, by Aldi or otherwise, is produced and packaged in the US. 90% of the imported beef comes from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, or Mexico. The same goes for pork.
The Australian Food business includes procurement and resale of food and related products through its Woolworths supermarket brand. These supermarkets source 96% of their fresh fruit and vegetables and 100% of their meat from Australian farmers and growers.
“Coles has been exporting high-quality Australian food for over 20 years. Exporting to more than 30 countries, with a focus on Asia, Coles Own Brand products are predominantly Australian made.
Grown in the cool, clean air of tropical North Queensland, Atherton Tablelands avocados are a smashing success across Australia.
COMMITTED TO GOOD THINGS At Coles, we partner with Australian suppliers who share our passion for meat, including where it comes from, and how it is produced. That's why all Coles Brand fresh chicken is 100% Australian Grown and RSPCA Approved.
JBS Foods Australia is the country's largest meat and food processing company, operating technologically advanced production and value-added facilities and feedlots, whilst also owning Australia's largest smallgoods manufacturer, and operating a leading high-quality meat cutting and case ready production facility.
We use only 100% Aussie grown beef to serve you the best beef burgers, sourced from farmers across the country. Our Angus beef is 100% Aussie grown. Known around the world for its quality and taste, we source our Angus beef from Aussie farmers.
Grass fed beef finished in feedlots represents approximately 50% of beef produced in Australia. There are around 400 accredited feedlots throughout Australia with the majority (60%) located in Queensland, followed by NSW with 30%.
The greater Rockhampton region (Fitzroy Basin) currently has over 3 million head of cattle grazing throughout the region, predominately dominated by beef cattle, and is the top cattle region in Australia with the highest head of cattle numbers*.
Most imported beef comes from Mexico, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, but imports from Brazil are quickly growing. Because there is no country of origin labeling required for meat, you won't ever know where that burger or steak comes from, and large multinational food corporations would like to keep it that way.
Coles Finest fresh beef is always 100% Australian with no added hormones. The cattle begin eating grass and are then fed grains such as barley and wheat. GRAZE; our specialty beef range, is 100% Australian, grass-fed and has no added hormones.
They source meat from regional farms
You'll find that meat is cheaper at Aldi than at competing stores, too. They typically purchase meat from regional farms. Buying local usually means the company can pay less for the transportation of the product. In return, this means a lower cost for customers.
They have a robust animal welfare program that ensures animals are treated humanely at all stages of production up until slaughter. The lamb that Costco sources from Australia are exclusively grass-fed and raised for tenderness.
Today Aussie lamb is also raised for consumption to a specific size and weight which produces a quality product that is less expensive than American domestic lamb. It is of a medium size and resembles that of American lamb the most.
Lambs produced in the Cowra region have the reputation of being the best lambs in Australia. The genetics in the breeding are second to none.