How often do we hear that local is best? There are many upsides of eating produce sourced locally, but what actually are they?

At Aston Lucas Gourmet, we source all of our produce from Australian soil. With our base in Melbourne, the majority of our ingredients come from local Victorian farmers. This commitment to prioritising high quality local produce brings with it a range of benefits.

Here are our top 3:

1.Helping the planet:

Keeping things close ensures our produce isn’t travelling miles and miles to reach our manufacturing premises. In reducing mileage, we’re reducing emissions by minimising the need for long and planet-costly delivery journeys. 

If there’s one thing we’re passionate about here at Aston Lucas, it’s making sure we can continue to provide delicious authentic food for many years to come, and we can’t do this if we don’t play our part in protecting the planet.

2.Supporting our farmers:

Community is at the forefront of our ethos. Providing delicious meals and bringing people together through the joy of food is what we do best. We believe the combination of our Italian roots with our Australian upbringing makes our products what they are…and what better way to show this than through the fusing of authentic Italian recipes with Aussie-grown ingredients?

As a business born in Covid-times, we understand better than anyone the importance of supporting local business and standing together to reach better outcomes for all Aussies.

3.Highest quality ingredients:

High quality meals start with high quality ingredients. Our farmers grow some of the best quality produce in the world, so why wouldn’t we leverage having this on our doorstep? Not to mention that keeping things local means we can keep our products preservative-free! Aston Lucas Gourmet is dedicated to delivering real food, and real food only comes from real, wholesome ingredients.

As a company that prides itself on bringing gourmet to your home, we don’t skimp on quality.

Our ‘Would Nonna Do It?’ Policy

Our ethos is that our food tastes like your Nonna made it…and Nonna certainly isn’t packing her lasagna with preservatives, which means we aren’t either. When you picture your Nonna making your favourite Italian meal, you see the whole process: picking the ingredients from her garden that she’s lovingly grown herself before spending hours in the kitchen crafting a dish for the whole family to enjoy. We operate on the same premise, just on a bigger scale; Australia is ultimately our backyard. Our ready-to-eat meals pack the same love as an authentic Italian homemade dish, but we’ve done the work for you.

Fresh, home-grown…it doesn’t get better than that! We pride ourselves on being community-minded, planet-focused and fresh-first. And there truly is no better way to meet these core values than by using local ingredients from our Aussie farmers.