Supermarkets Vs Butchers

pauletruth

just tried to bulk buy from our local butcher £6.50 was quoted for chump. wholesalers again in bulk £5.50 for shin. checked tesco and bought a load of silverside and rump at £4.50 a kg. at the same time bought out there entire stock of pork shoulder at £2.90 odd a kilo. british pork and irish beef.

i would love to use the local butcher but he has increased his prices by 60 quid in 6 months for the same thing.

tescos prices are weird there brisket and stewing meat was way more expensive.

DPJames

Are you still talking about meat. I've never heard of any of the things you said.

stephen77

pauletruth wrote: »

just tried to bulk buy from our local butcher £6.50 was quoted for chump. wholesalers again in bulk £5.50 for shin. checked tesco and bought a load of silverside and rump at £4.50 a kg. at the same time bought out there entire stock of pork shoulder at £2.90 odd a kilo. british pork and irish beef.
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where are you getting shoulder from at £2.90kg?

stephen77

DPJames wrote: »

Are you still talking about meat. I've never heard of any of the things you said.

there all lovely cuts.


Wikipedia has meat maps of the cuts

pauletruth

chump another name for chuck. shin is shin of beef comes from the front legs.

DPJames

Chump, shin, silverside? And there's me thinking there was just breast, fillet and chops!

pauletruth

stephen77 wrote: »

where are you getting shoulder from at £2.90kg?

just tesco 1/2 price beef and pork offer seems to finish today. so i was lucky.
they have this as of tomorrow but not as good
http://www.tesco.com/groceries/SpecialOffers/SpecialOfferList/default.aspx?promoType=halfprice&N=4294962943+4294961185+4294771041

catwoman73

DPJames wrote: »

Chump, shin, silverside? And there's me thinking there was just breast, fillet and chops!

Are you for real? Have you never looked at the meat available or the posters they have in all butchers and maybe even some supermarkets. Those are very common cuts.

Cows, pigs and sheep have legs, buttocks and internal organs just like us. If we are to kill them for meat, it is only right that we should eat as much of them as possible.

pelirocco

Deleted_User wrote: »

Local butcher shop here only has 3 star food hygiene rating. Not good enough. Where as the local Morrisons has 5 star.

The shop may have 5 stars but the produce will have come from various places , and gone through many sets of hands, you will have no idea what has happened during the supply chain

sarah1972

DPJames wrote: »

Example?

How much is 500g on minced beef at your butchers?

£4 a kilo and I have it minced as many times as I want to make it nice and fine.

I also know where my meat comes and whether or not it is free range etc from my local butchers which to me is priceless.