Wal Stranger and Max Benaud never planned to own a butcher shop.

Growing up on a property at Canowindra, in central-west New South Wales, Wal moved away for several years working on feedlots, stations and as a meat export trader in Sydney.

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It was there that he met fellow trader Max Benaud who also just happened to be a trained butcher.

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As they sold Australian meat around the world from a Sydney office they were

always talking about ways they could use their skills to create a more local supply chain.

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Wal said he had always wanted to move back to the family farm and managed to convince Max to move to the country.