Pokeno Bacon is a family butcher and smallgoods maker with stores in Pokeno and Pukekohe, and this listing is on Great South Road. It was started in 1977 by John and Helen Clotworthy, who built the business on home-style pork products cured in the traditional way. The company makes handmade pork, ham, bacon, salami and sausages, along with chicken, lamb and beef, and it says it uses only 100% New Zealand fresh meat. It has won gold awards in 2023 and 2024, and a bronze in 2020.
Its premium product is Koheroa Angus, from a farm in Mercer run by the Black family, and bacon is the star of the range. Customers say the variety of meat and sausages is impressive, that the staff are friendly and support the community, and that the prices are affordable. One reviewer says the store is open seven days a week until 7pm, and another praised the delivery of meat during a lockdown.
Click and collect is available at both stores. An order placed before 10am can be collected the same day between 12pm and 7pm. An order placed before 4pm is ready the next day, from 8am to 7pm. A free tasting of the popular sausages is offered when you visit a store.