Cuts prepared for your menu
Our qualified butchers can break down carcasses, prepare primal cuts and portion steaks to your exact requirements. That helps you keep portions consistent and manage plate costs across your menu.
Service · Production
Quality meat, butchered to your specification
Our butchers break carcasses, cut primals, portion steaks and mix mince blends to your specification. We supply New Zealand beef, lamb, mutton, veal, venison, pork and chicken, alongside selected imported lines, and we can pack it the way your kitchen or shelf needs it.
What we can do for you
- Our range: New Zealand beef, lamb, mutton, veal, venison, pork and fresh chicken, with selected imported lines where you need a value option.
- Your specification: We can prepare primal cuts, portions, diced meat, mince blends, sausages, patties and smallgoods.
- Our suppliers: We work with Taylor Preston and other leading New Zealand processors, and are a licensed Natural Farm supplier.
- Food safety: We operate under an MPI-approved Risk Management Programme, with hygiene and traceability built into our processes.
- Your product: We can handle large production runs and offer toll processing on customer-supplied meat.
Businesses we supply across New Zealand
We supply aged care, healthcare, corrections, defence, food service and franchise customers, along with restaurants, bars, caterers, supermarkets, dairies and independent butcheries. We can prepare retail-ready and portion-controlled products for all of these customers.
FoodserviceCare & institutionsFranchise & multi-siteRetail
Traditional butchery skills, tailored to your needs
Mince blends made for you
Let us know the flavour, fat profile and price point you’re after. We can create mince blends tailored to your recipe, from burger patties to pie mince.
Adding value to your product
Our experienced butchers and specialist machinery allow us to further process quality meat into classic sausages, burger patties, mince and diced products.
We know where our meat comes from
We buy through long-standing relationships with farmers, producers and leading New Zealand processors. Ask us about the range available for your business.
Keeping your order in top condition
We pack your product in vacuum packs, thermoformed packs or food-grade liners, then transport it in refrigerated vehicles to maintain the cold chain through to your chiller.
Ready for your retail shelves
We can supply portion-controlled, retail-ready products for supermarkets and independent butcheries. Let our team know how you’d like your product prepared and packed.
Ordering
How to place an order
New to Preston Foods?
Get in touch to tell us what you’re after and check availability. You can request a commercial credit application by email; approval takes approximately 3 to 5 business days. If your first order is urgent, we can deliver once your online payment is confirmed.
Existing customer?
You can order through HospoConnect or contact our team by phone or email. Orders received by 6am can be prepared for same-day local delivery or production for nationwide distribution. Please chat to us about timing for your product and location.
Ordering questions
Frequently asked questions
What products does Preston Foods supply?
We supply a range of New Zealand beef, venison, veal, lamb, mutton, pork and chicken, alongside selected imported meat. Our butchers and production team do the preparation so your kitchen spends less time at the bench: carcass breaking and primal cuts butchered to specification, hand and machine diced meat, and mince blends to suit your recipe and price point.
Can I request custom portion sizes, special blends, and specific cuts?
Yes. Our qualified on-site butchers can portion steaks, cut to your exact specifications, and create specific mince blends to meet your target fat requirements. This helps you keep portions consistent and calculate plate costs across your menu.
Which brands do you supply?
We maintain long-standing relationships with farmers, producers, and leading New Zealand processors to supply a range of well-known brands. This includes first-off-the-chain beef and lamb from the export-grade Taylor Preston abattoir. We are also a licensed supplier of Natural Farm, celebrating the best of New Zealand beef and lamb. Email us to check what’s available.
What food safety certifications do you hold?
We operate under a strict, MPI-approved Risk Management Programme (RMP), with processes that support hygiene and traceability throughout our facility.
What is the minimum order I can place?
Please get in touch with our team to confirm the minimum order and delivery charges for your location. We work on volume pricing, so chat to us about the quantities you need.
What is your delivery turnaround?
Some orders can be processed the same day, while others may take a couple of days to produce to order, depending on the product, the size of your order and your location. Get in touch and we’ll let you know how quickly we can get your order to you.
Related services
Processing, packing, logistics and more
Supply is only part of it. We can also process your product to your recipe, pack it for food service or the retail shelf, and get it delivered chilled or frozen.
Processing
We work with client-supplied recipes to prepare sausages, salami, droëwors and other value-added products. Ask us about processing your product for the retail market.
Packing
We’ve invested in specialist machinery so you don’t have to. Our team can pack your product to your specification, whether it’s for food service or the retail shelf.
Logistics
Our sister company KAM Transport specialises in refrigerated transport. We work together to get your product where it needs to be.
Talk to us about what you’re after
Not sure which cut suits your menu or your margins? Chat to our team about specifications, blends, quantities and delivery.