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Buying Top quality meat ? why so hard ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Netherfield" data-source="post: 7216851" data-attributes="member: 6536"><p>My dad died last June age 95, he'd been a butcher since 14 , if you'd asked him for Picanha or Jacob's ladder he would have no idea what you were talking about. Show him the piece and yes he could have butchered it for you, I dare say if you'd asked 10 years ago not many butchers in the country would have known what you wanted, it's an american thing.</p><p></p><p>Why do butchers buy boxed beef?,</p><p>Because they know what the can sell nowadays no point in trying to get rid of the rest of it where there is no market, and a lot survive on selling sandwiches and the like to earn a reasonable living.</p><p></p><p>Why are not more livestock farmers selling direct? </p><p>A few good reasons, finance to keep the health inspector happy with your premises, as above you need to get rid of the whole beast, not just the bits you want Clive, and lastly tell me where to find quality butchers who are willing to do the job to the standards required, Morrisons have lot's of instore meat sellers, butchers they are not.</p><p></p><p>I bumped in to a chap trained by dad last week, around 40 years old, he left butchery when he got married, mainly for the money, went working for Vodafone in the shop in town, left that 5 years ago when they dropped all the bonus they got for selling, came back to butchery, but was back to the bottom of the ladder pay wise, his mate was a manager at Morrisons and persuaded him there, 18 months later he took his HGV and now drives a lorry, no weekends, no nights and better money.</p><p></p><p>I can tell you of a few smaller local butchers, take a young lad train him up, but then can't afford to pay him enough to keep him happy, so they drift away from the trade never to return.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Netherfield, post: 7216851, member: 6536"] My dad died last June age 95, he'd been a butcher since 14 , if you'd asked him for Picanha or Jacob's ladder he would have no idea what you were talking about. Show him the piece and yes he could have butchered it for you, I dare say if you'd asked 10 years ago not many butchers in the country would have known what you wanted, it's an american thing. Why do butchers buy boxed beef?, Because they know what the can sell nowadays no point in trying to get rid of the rest of it where there is no market, and a lot survive on selling sandwiches and the like to earn a reasonable living. Why are not more livestock farmers selling direct? A few good reasons, finance to keep the health inspector happy with your premises, as above you need to get rid of the whole beast, not just the bits you want Clive, and lastly tell me where to find quality butchers who are willing to do the job to the standards required, Morrisons have lot's of instore meat sellers, butchers they are not. I bumped in to a chap trained by dad last week, around 40 years old, he left butchery when he got married, mainly for the money, went working for Vodafone in the shop in town, left that 5 years ago when they dropped all the bonus they got for selling, came back to butchery, but was back to the bottom of the ladder pay wise, his mate was a manager at Morrisons and persuaded him there, 18 months later he took his HGV and now drives a lorry, no weekends, no nights and better money. I can tell you of a few smaller local butchers, take a young lad train him up, but then can't afford to pay him enough to keep him happy, so they drift away from the trade never to return. [/QUOTE]
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