The Casino Food Co-op

The Casino Food Co-op fast facts (July 2020)

• Established: 1933 in New South Wales
• Turnover: $209 million
• Member businesses: 1,000

The Casino Food Co-op is Australia’s largest meat processing co-operative and has been running since 1933. It is 100 per cent owned by its 1,000 members – made up of graziers, pork producers and operators – and it employs more than 900 people across three sites in Casino and Booyong, NSW.

Since 1933, The Casino Food Co-op has established itself as an industry leader in meat processing, providing a unique opportunity to process livestock in world-class processing facilities.

The Casino Food Co-op’s facilities draw livestock from some of the best farming regions in Australia and are within close proximity to the Port of Brisbane, a major export hub.

The Casino Food Co-op’s systems allows them to cut, package, brand and distribute to exact specifications quickly and economically. The Casino Food Co-op is good for its members and the community, creating high-quality jobs in rural NSW, which in turn enables money to be reinvested back into the regional economy.

Casino Food Co-op was formally known as Northern Co-operative Meat Company Ltd 

Co-operative Conversations

Watch Co-operative Conversations, Episode 3 Part 2: Roundtable. During this roundtable we examine how some of Australia’s leading agricultural co-ops work to maximise produce and the food manufacturing supply chain. Journalist Pete Lewis and our farmer panel, including Simon Stahl, Chief Executive Officer of The Casino Food Co-op, discuss and explore how maximising their produce into marketable products can transform producers from price takers to price makers.