A Quality Focused Businnes at On-Line Butchers Shop selling high peak lamb, pork, beef, sausages, gammon, BBQ and seasonal foods from J.W. Mettrick & Son Ltd

A quality-focused business which cares about what you eat

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Why people come to Mettrick's
If you have read about our history, or our High Peak Lamb quality systems, you will already have an idea of what Mettrick's name stands for.

In our shops, we prepare and serve:

superb quality meat for family meals
specially prepared joints and meal suggestions for special occasions or when you have less time
cooked ready meals
cold meats and salads
delicious home-made pies
hot and cold sandwiches and meals
hot and cold buffets

With over 156,000 customers every year, we are one of the largest and most successful butchers in the region. People tell us they come to use for a number of reasons:-

they know we source our meat direct from local farms
what they buy is never disappointing
they can speak directly to craft butchers who will give them advice and ideas

Where our products come from

We 'source direct', which means we know a lot about the animals that come to us for processing in the abattoir or ready to prepare for sale. We have close working relationships with all our farmers; our business is inextricably linked with theirs. A combination of farm visits, trust and feedback from our own abattoir helps the relationships work.

Beef is sourced directly from local farms - we do not buy any imported or boxed beef.

Lamb is sourced directly from local farmers. We have recently launched the High Peak Lamb project supported by DEFRA.

Pork is sourced from Midland Pig Producers via the farms at Doveridge, Needwood and Foston. Over the last two years our pig throughput has doubled due to curing our own bacon.

We believe we are supplying a superior product that is a proven winner - the farmers will not compromise the quality by feeding cheap by-products that competitors may find more profitable. Each production unit is regularly checked and certificated by independent assessors from the Genesis farm assurance scheme. These assessments ensure that each unit complies with UK legislation, welfare and best method of production standards. In addition the scheme requires that vets inspect and issue an updated report to confirm ongoing compliance at least once every quarter.

All the pigs are delivered to our local abattoir, which is strictly monitored to confirm with all hygiene and high welfare considerations. In order to keep travel times and disruption to the animals at an absolute minimum (1 hour travelling time between the farm and our abattoir), only approved haulage companies are permitted to transport pigs in order to complete the continuous chain for traceability. Every aspect of the process from farm to plate is assessed for best practice in welfare, health and hygiene and we pride ourselves in providing our customers with the very best pork products with the highest levels of pure succulence and taste.

Chicken is sourced directly through farmers P & R Whitwam, whose chickens we use for dressed and jointed birds. We also buy some boxed chickens in for boning (Frank Bird) and cooking (Frank Bird and Pointers).

Turkey is sourced directly from a local farm throughout the year.

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Approved Standards

The Guild of Q Butchers is a group of independent butchers who submit their businesses to independent inspections of quality and hygiene by European Food Safety Inspection Service to European Standard EN45011, one of the highest endorsements of excellence.

The European Food Safety Inspection Service to European Standard EN45011, one of the highest endorsements of excellence.

National Federation of Meat and Food Traders is a national organisation, which has given representation and business support to thousands of independent butchers for more than 100 years. It is the only nationally recognised organisation to represent the independent meat trader in England and Wales at European, government and industry level.

Member of the Association of Independent Meat Suppliers.
AIMS is a new association representing small and medium sized abattoirs. Thie objective is to emphasis the role of the small and medium sized abattoir in serving local livestock farmers and meeting the whole range of consumer needs, including butchers and companies distributing meat and meat products over a much larger geographic area. AIMS provides members with a collective voice so they can be properly and effectively represented to the UK Government and others so their businesses may thrive in the 21st century.