Country Taste Smallgoods makes sausages, bacon and smallgoods at 15–17 Herekino Street in Whangārei, and sells them from its factory store. The store is open Monday to Friday from 8.30am to 5pm and Saturday from 8.30am to 3.30pm. Products come fresh, frozen and in bulk packs, and include the BANGERS and SCRUMPTIOUS ranges. The business began in the 1970s as a pre-packed butcher shop, and became a stand-alone manufacturer about 20 years ago.
The business supplies retailers, butchers, cafés, takeaways, school tuck shops, sports clubs, event caterers and boarding school hostels. It offers community pricing at wholesale rates for fundraisers and sausage sizzles. We hear a free 50-piece precooked sausage pack is available to eligible groups who register online, while the allocation lasts, so check before you apply. The business says its recipes have been refined over 28 years. It suits families who want good sausages bought at the factory, and community groups planning a sausage sizzle or fundraiser.