Is it just me or are butchers getting dear?

_Magnum_ · 08/09/13 - 04:22

I paid £5 the other week for half a pound of steak links & half a pound of pork links.

I then paid over £7 for 5 beef olives yesterday.

Maybe its just the butchers I go to?

cdtaylor_nats · 08/09/13 - 13:48

It's not just you - when I went shopping it used to be the Butcher first then the bank - now it is the ATM first.

stud u like · 08/09/13 - 13:51

I don't know anyone who goes to the butchers.

ba_baracus · 08/09/13 - 13:55

I didn't think they were still allowed to sell stuff by the pound or half pound.

[Deleted User] · 08/09/13 - 14:05

_Magnum_ wrote: »

I paid £5 the other week for half a pound of steak links & half a pound of pork links.

I then paid over £7 for 5 beef olives yesterday.

Maybe its just the butchers I go to?

I pay £7 near enough for 6 beef olives.
12 beef links £3.11
12 pork links £3.24

All groceries have lept in price.

stud u like · 08/09/13 - 14:07

I thought what are beef links? They are sausages.

walterwhite · 08/09/13 - 14:26

Not really, mine will sell me 4 8oz Ribeye steaks for £10 which is brilliant value.

[Deleted User] · 08/09/13 - 14:28

walterwhite wrote: »

Not really, mine will sell me 4 8oz Ribeye steaks for £10 which is brilliant value.

You are not joking! :eek:

walterwhite · 08/09/13 - 14:42

Yeah_Jackie wrote: »

You are not joking! :eek:

Cracking steaks as well, he cuts them for you while you wait.

missloo · 08/09/13 - 14:51

mine has some good deals too - i get a meat parcel that has a 1.6kg chicken, 4 huge chicken breasts, 4 burgers, 4 pork chops, 1lb of sausages and either a 3lb pork, silverside or gammon roast for £20

noise747 · 08/09/13 - 16:13

Meat is expensive and if you want good meat then a butcher is the place to go.

PunksNotDead · 08/09/13 - 21:42

It is expensive but the quality is often better than the supermarkets.

[Deleted User] · 08/09/13 - 21:54

You get what you pay for I guess. My local butcher is excellent but not cheap. However I can get lamb sourced from farms just a few miles up the road and beef from the same county.

There are cheaper places around but they often rub this artificial BBQ/Spicy powder onto chicken portions or kebabs which is vile or source meat from all over the place.

I still go to my local butcher for steaks and cuts like belly pork as I think they just taste better and I know the provenance.

petral_gal · 09/09/13 - 00:09

missloo wrote: »

mine has some good deals too - i get a meat parcel that has a 1.6kg chicken, 4 huge chicken breasts, 4 burgers, 4 pork chops, 1lb of sausages and either a 3lb pork, silverside or gammon roast for £20

That's bloody brilliant!! I'm gonna have to do some local enquires I think...

Yer Mhaw · 10/09/13 - 21:24

I nearly always go to a butcher for meat. They got much busier around the time of the horse meat business, but I think people are starting to drift back to supermarkets.

Porcupine · 10/09/13 - 21:49

I went to the butchers the other day, and I thought they were really reasonable.

I bought:-

8 chicken breasts which are so huge you can cut them in half and have half each.
2 pork chops
1 joint of beef
1 gammon ham joint
6 x 1Ib bags of braising steak

It came to £62

JJ75 · 10/09/13 - 21:50

Has anyone been to Gabbots Farm?

mike_dunn · 10/09/13 - 22:31

Porcupine wrote: »

I went to the butchers the other day, and I thought they were really reasonable.

I bought:-

8 chicken breasts which are so huge you can cut them in half and have half each.
2 pork chops
1 joint of beef
1 gammon ham joint
6 x 1Ib bags of braising steak

It came to £62

How big was the joint of beef though? Weight? I love beef! Love gammon too but can be salty.

dgi_m · 11/09/13 - 04:22

hasn't your butchers always sold venison?

mike_dunn · 11/09/13 - 19:29

dgi_m wrote: »

hasn't your butchers always sold venison?

I buy venison sausages or burgers in Tesco when they're on offer.

Porcupine · 11/09/13 - 23:17

mike_dunn wrote: »

How big was the joint of beef though? Weight? I love beef! Love gammon too but can be salty.

I don't actually know the weight of the beef, but its plenty for 6 people. It was quite a large joint.

I have never tried butcher gammon. I tend to get the ones for £5 from Tesco. I thought it was worth a whirl.

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