Member
Australian Meat Industry Council
The national body for retail butchers and meat processors.
About us
Four generations of Haynes butchers
From a butcher's boy in Tocumwal in the 1950s to Ashley Haynes Butchery in Finley today.
Where it started
Tocumwal, on the Murray
The first Haynes Butchery opened in Tocumwal in the 1950s. It was run by Norman Haynes, from a pioneering farming family of the area, who started as the local butcher's boy at 16.
An ice factory at the back of the shop kept the fridges cold and brought in extra income. Meat and ice were delivered to local households every afternoon.
Local stock was processed at the family's own abattoir in Tocumwal until the 1970s, when that work moved to the larger centre of Cobram.
Finley
Ashley Haynes Butchery
In the 1960s, two of Norman's sons, Murray and Robert, took over the business. Murray ran the Tocumwal shop and Robert moved north to Finley, where he and his wife Patricia opened for business.
Robert's eldest son, Ashley, bought the butchery in 1992 and it became Ashley Haynes Butchery. Since then the shop has been refitted with modern processing equipment and temperature- and humidity-controlled display cabinets.
Ashley and his wife Ruth run the shop today with the fourth generation, Robert, now also a qualified butcher.
Our history
The family trade since the 1950s
1950s
Tocumwal
Norman Haynes starts as the local butcher's boy at 16 and opens the first Haynes Butchery.
1950s
Meat and ice
An ice factory behind the shop cools the fridges. Meat and ice go out to households each afternoon.
1960s
The next generation
Norman's sons Murray and Robert take over. Robert and Patricia open in Finley.
1970s
Cobram
Processing moves from the family abattoir in Tocumwal to the larger centre of Cobram.
1992
Ashley Haynes Butchery
Robert's eldest son Ashley buys the Finley shop and it becomes Ashley Haynes Butchery.
Today
The fourth generation
Ashley and Ruth run the shop with the fourth generation, Robert, now also a qualified butcher.
Accreditation
Member
Independent Local Butcher
A locally owned shop, cutting to order.
Licence
NSW Food Authority
Authorised safe foods venue licence.
Quality assurance
Q-Award
A program designed by Meat and Livestock Australia to keep Australian quality standards in place from farm to consumer.
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