| After the war, the brothers wrote off two
ledgers of unpaid debts. In1954 the old shop site was sold to
Woolworths, and a new Butcher shop was built next door, with
office suites upstairs. This shop was considered the most modern
of it’s kind and was open for inspection through the Master
Butchers Association for Butchers throughout the State to view
the innovative shop design. In 1964, Jack Stapleton (son of
Charles Harvey Stapleton 2nd.) and his two sons, Ron and Denis,
opened their own shop in Carlton, and supplied meat to Sutherland
Hospital, the Kurnel Oil Refinery as well as the public.
In 1972, Jack and his sons purchased the Sutherland shop
from the rest of the family and over the next 4 years extensively
modernised the shop and opened a restaurant above where the
office suites used to be. In 1977, with son Denis running
the Butcher Shop and Ron, the Restaurant ("Stapleton’s
Steakout"), Jack retired from the business and moved
with wife "Tup" to the Central Coast. In 1979, the
brothers purchased a half share in the Burraneer Bay Marina
that Ron managed until it was sold in approx. 1994. Ron then
returned to the Meat Industry to give Denis a badly needed
holiday and over the next few years the brothers acquired
shops at Engadine, Sylvania Waters, Bangor, Caringbah and
lastly Gymea.
In 1996 the Sutherland shop was again totally refitted to
the highest standard and was recognised by the industry in
winning the M.L.A. Top Shop Award in 1997, and in 1999, winning
the Sutherland Shire Small Business Award for the Best Retail
Business in the Shire.
Due to a constant shortage of skilled tradesmen and a lack
of apprentices coming through the system the company had little
option but to sell the Sylvania Waters and Engadine shops
in order to maintain the high level of customer service the
Stapleton’s demand.
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