We are delighted to announce that at we have been named as the East Midlands Winner of the  Telegraph Best Traditional Business category of the Countryside Alliance Awards.

As suppliers of traditionally reared & prepared mat we are delighted with this award, and are looking forward to National Finals which are being held on Saturday 30th January 2010.

A big thank you to everyone who nominated Mettricks for the Countryside Alliance Awards. As a result, we have reached the Regional Final in the Daily Telegraph Best Traditional Business category.

As a supplier of traditionally reared & prepared meats, we are delighted to have reached this final, especially as it is due to the support of our customers.

To celebrate our 500th* order, here at Mettricks Butchers we’re offering you the chance to win some delicious free food.

We’ll be keeping a close eye on every order received and the lucky person to place the 500th* order, will get their order free! No matter if you buy 1 pack of sausages or 1/2 a lamb, the total cost of your order including postage will be FREE!**.

*This is the 500th completed order on our system and bares no relation to the order number on the packing slip
**To the maximum value of £300

 J.W. Mettrick & Son have picked up a prestigious award for their Mutton Cutlets.

At the recent North West Fine Food Awards 2009, Mettricks emerged triumphant as category champion for ‘Best Fresh Meat Product (North West)’.

John Mettrick said: “We’re absolutely over the moon to win this award. We think this is a great product and with the award behind it, it will hopefully be a great success. Most importantly, the award serves as recognition for everybody involved in our supply chain from the farmer, through to the slaughtermen and the butchers – everyone has had a hand in its production from farm to plate. The award will give the staff a real lift and serve as a great motivation for us to continue to strive to make great products.”

We have always been fully licensed to export our products to Europe and as our packaging will keep orders fresh for up to 48 hrs we are happy to deliver to any country where we can guarantee that it will arrive next day, thus ensuring that your meat will get to you in top condition.

Having recently teamed up with TNT International we are delighted to announce that we are now able to ship to a range of international destinations. These are listed below, along with our shipping charges to each destination.

Currently we ship our European orders on a Wednesday (for arrival on Thursday).

Our European Shipping charges are as follows (Note, we can only ship to the countries listed below):

Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands
Next day delivery (to arrive on Thursday) - £19.09 plus £6.80 for each 2Kgs.

Austria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Monaco, Portugal, Spain, Sweden
Next day delivery (to arrive on Thursday) - £19.29 plus £7.60 for each 2Kgs.

Note: the exact weight of your shipment will be displayed at checkout

Mr W H Evans & Steven Mettrick among the Evans Herd on Angelsey

In these days when food sources are becoming more and more important to consumers, it is good to know that it has always been a top priority for us at JW Mettrick’ Butchers.

This is borne out by our longest serving supplier Mr M W Evans, who has been supplying top quality beef to us for over 70 years.

Mr Evans pictured here among his herd With Steven Mettrick who runs J W Mettrick’s Abattoir in Glossop.

The animals from the herd pictured here are destined for Mettricks shop in September.

We believe that it is important for people to know and understand the meat they buy. To help this, we have added a new video area to the website, where John will help you understand where the meat you buy comes from, and will explain how to make the most of different cuts.

Take a look at the first videos, which feature John preparing an Award Winning High Peak Spring Lamb, and tell us what you think.

If you like them, we will be adding more video in the future.

A ‘Beef and Horseradish Sausage’ created by local butcher J.W. Mettrick & Son has picked up a prestigious award.

The Glossop butcher emerged triumphant as a category champion at the North West BPEX Roadshow and Product Evaluation Event for butchers, which drew in a staggering 344 product entries from 67 butchers.

The sausage, based on a brand new recipe, not only delivered on taste and texture but its spin on a classic Sunday roast dinner proved to be a hit with the judges. As well as scooping the lamb or beef sausage category, Mettrick’s also picked up nine gold awards, five silvers and a bronze award for other products entered.

John Mettrick, a fifth generation butcher and proprietor of JW Mettrick & Son, was pleased with the results. He said: “Considering this was one of the toughest roadshows to date I think we did pretty well! The standard of entries was amazing and as this sausage is a new product it makes our success even more satisfying. Most of the team were involved in preparing the products for entry so they are all over the moon.

“The Beef & Horseradish Sausage is one I created with our apprentice butcher, James. I came up with the recipe and James finished them in their skins. It was quite tricky to make sure we had the right amount of horseradish as it can be quite an acquired taste. But we made a few sample batches and the team tried them out – we didn’t want to blow anyone’s head off! But the mixture seems to be perfect now so we’ll be adding it to our collection of sausages in the very near future.

“All of our products are truly authentic and home-made. Our farmers are very local to us and we have been working with them for a number of years. We have our own abattoir and processing plant plus we have two shops and our products can be bought online via our website as well. My brother and I are very proud to be able to keep our long-established family business, which opened over 100 years ago, running and progressing in a tough market.”