Q Guild
Christmas is coming!
November 24th
Christmas is coming and the goose is getting fat, or that’s what we hope anyway! It always amazes me how quickly this time of year comes round, and preparations have to be started for the big day. The Christmas poultry is all ordered ready, the beef is hanging and the bacon and hams are curing, [...]
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Native Breeds Act Now!!!
October 3rd
I was shocked today to receive a leaflet promoting Morrison/Woodhead Bros Traditional Breeds scheme. It appears that they are in search of Native Breeds to supply beef for their stores. Now don’t get me wrong the scheme looks like a good idea from a distance, but and I say but! As I’m sure many of [...]
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Lincolnshire Wins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
September 14th
It is now official Lincolnshire is the best county in the UK for food! We have know it for a long time but now we have national recognition and are very very proud! Announced this morning after several month of voting on the Love British Food website, to help raise awareness of British Food Fortnight [...]
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Meat Management Awards
May 13th
I am very pleased to announce that i have been chosen as a finalist for Meat Management Magazine’s “Young Manager of the Year 2011″. Last week I went down to London for an interview with 5 industry experts where I was asked all sorts of questions about my job. Now I have to wait patiently [...]
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Visit our Youtube Channel!
May 12th
We have just launched our own Youtube Channel, we are hoping to have all sorts of videos on there to show you have we prepare carcases, make sausages and run the shop as well as videos of the farm and livestock. The idea behind it is that I feel that our trade has been very [...]
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Happy Easter!
April 24th
Happy Easter to all! I hope everyone has enjoyed their Easter weekend and had fun. We have been very fortunate this year with the weather, and I know my Easter egg hunt went down very well! Easter is always a busy time for us, many people like to make the most of spending time with [...]
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Old Film of Boston
January 10th
Today when checking my e-mails there in the inbox someone had sent me a clip all about Boston, (the town I was born in) and how the war changed it. I must say it is a fantastic film, it shows some views of the market and rearing livestock for meat. There are a few names [...]
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Success at Smithfield Awards!!
November 16th
Hi Everyone, I have just finished hanging new certificates up in the shop, so thought I would tell you about them. We were over the moon last week to win nine Smithfield Awards from the Q Guild, they are some of the highest awards in the meat trade. Odile and I went down to Butchers Hall [...]
