PRESS RELEASE

21 JANUARY 2020 – PRESS RELEASE: ELGIN POULTRY ABATTOIR PTY LTD EMPLOYEE STRIKE We at Elgin Poultry Abattoir Grabouw are committed to the development and upliftment of our employees. The Company is a significant economic role player within the Grabouw Community, not only providing employment to over 500 people, but also supporting local initiatives such

Elgin Matriculants

As you know, we offer our employees the opportunity to complete their matric, with EFRC’s support.  We are proud to announce that we have our first 2 matriculants:  Zikhona Jebese and Cardi Klein.  They are posing with their very proud teacher, Carla.

Female Agri Entrepreneurship of the year award

Media Release: Top Western Cape women in agriculture honoured. 08 August 2018 The Western Cape Department of Agriculture held its prize ceremony for the Female Entrepreneur Awards in Stellenbosch last night, honouring the many hard-working women in the sector and the role they play in food security and growing the economy. The competition is a

10 Year Awards Celebration

We had a 10 Year awards celebration today. We congratulate these employees on their achievement. The following employees were rewarded:

Certificate for Equipment Compliance

Please join us in congratulating Our Logistics manager and his team on receiving the recognition award for EQUIPMENT COMPLIANCE at the Woolworths DC Supplier day yesterday.
Elgin Free Range Chicken

Elgin Free Range Chickens

‘Jeanne now runs a night school on the premises of her business, where staff have the opportunity to further their schooling and gain a matric certificate.’

FIRST LEGO League 2016 – Team Xtreme

The FIRST Lego League is held annually worldwide. In South Africa the top 6 teams from each region compete at the Nationals in Joburg and the top 2 National teams go on to the Internationals.
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Congrats, Level 4 group!

Our current Level 4 group (Nolufefe Gezenga, Cardi Klein, Thobeka Mbundu, Pauline Muuya) had to complete 5 assessment tasks (SBA’s) per subject i.e. Mathematical Literacy, Life Orientation, Wholesale & Retail, English and Ancillary Health, which has to be moderated at different levels.
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Why are our chickens air chilled?

EFRC Chickens are air chilled and not water chilled to ensure superior quality meat. Chilling is an important step in the processing of poultry carcasses and serves to reduce the microbes that are naturally present in the intestines of chickens. This ensures product safety to all consumers.

Nancy Richards interviews Jeanne Groenewald on the state of ‘Free Range’ in South Africa.

Nancy : Define Free Range Food for me.  Jeanne : I am going to define it in a chicken term, because that’s where I know what it is – unfortunately it isn’t regulated so it’s really everybody’s interpretation of it.