National Butchers Week: why you should support your local Butchers

It’s National Butchers week; a time to shine a light on local, traditional Butchers, the meat we sell and why you should support us.

At Somer Valley Butchers, we sell all local products, sourced on our own farm or through local partners.

Our Manager Graham Heselton explains, “We try to keep everything as local as we can. Our beef is reared on our farm, our deli items are made in-store, and we support other local farms.

What that means is our customers can always ask us exactly where their meat comes from. We can also guarantee superb quality and high animal welfare”. 

The Butchers take a whole-carcass approach, where we use the whole animal rather than just the popular cuts of meat that supermarkets demand in high volumes.

“Using the whole carcass is a more sustainable way of butchering, ensuring every part of the animal is utilised. Cutting out wholesalers means we can offer better value to our customers, and a fair price to our partner Farms.

Taking the whole carcass approach does mean we may, on occasion, not have every prime cut available, but we are always happy to advise and offer a suitable alternative”, Graham adds.

As well as championing sustainability and animal welfare, offering customers an outstanding level of service is central to our Butchers shop.

“Whether our customers want to know where their meat has come from, or what cut will be best for what they plan to cook, we’re always on hand to help. 

Our service, as well as our products, is what makes us stand out. We’ve received an overwhelming level of support from customers since opening”, Graham said.

Somer Valley Butchers is open Wednesday to Friday 08:30-17:00 and Saturday 09:00-16:00. To keep up to date with offers and more, follow us on social media.