IGA Cockatoo is not only award winning but is helping create jobs locally while giving back to the wider community.
After recently winning Victoria’s Medium Meat Department of the Year award, the store prides itself on hiring local butchers and sourcing the finest quality meats all prepared in-house.
With the store nearing five years in Cockatoo, owner Nathan Pasco said they’re always motivated to give their customers an exceptional experience.
Mr Pasco highlighted while they’ve never been focused on winning awards, they were pleased to have been recognised.
“This is our third year in a row where we’ve been nominated for every category, to win or not wasn’t really a focus, but then to win the award for meat holds a special place for us.
“We’ve got in-store butchers; the meat manager is local, one of the butchers is local and we’ve just started an apprentice who’s also local.”
Their meat is sourced locally and they always aim to have a point of difference.
“We make our own snags, not many butchers do that anymore, we cut to order if a customer wants anything specific, we’ll do it for them. Our butchers and our meat manager are here 6 days a week, and they love helping customers!”
The store also puts a lot of effort into ensuring their meat selection is well presented.
“We take pride in our quality, our price and our presentation. We like to think meat is an area we can do better than our competitors, and thankfully our customers seem to agree.”
They are also dedicated to giving back to the community.
“Through our MYIGA points program, we donate upwards of $10k each year to local community groups. We put on a sausage sizzle out the front of the store most Saturdays where we donate the bread and sausages and local groups receive the money for it.”
“We love being a part of this great community and are privileged to support these organisations.”
Overall, the store proudly employs more than 60 staff, most of whom live locally.
Be sure to come and check out Cockatoo IGA and their award winning meat department for their One Day Sale on May 23.
