Celebrating National Butchers Week
We take immense pride in our highly skilled and exceptional team of butchers. Their expertise and dedication are the cornerstone of our commitment to quality and excellence. Our team is diverse, with a new generation of butchers coming through and a strong focus on empowering women in the field. We believe in fostering an inclusive […]
Annual Charity Fundraising 2024
We are proud to announce that we raised an amazing £12,000 over the course of 2024 which was split between Papyrus and Willow Wood Hospice. Our fundraising kicked off with a team running in the Manchester 10K in May 2024. In December we held our annual Charity Raffle. As in previous years we asked our […]
Apprentice Day Out
Earlier this month, we took our butcher apprentices to the abattoir run by Dunbia in Sawley to see what happens before the meat comes to us for processing. It was a topic that was discussed during their apprentice class time, and they were tasked to write an essay about it. They were able to see […]
Congratulations Jaini
Congratulations to our L&D Operational Trainer, Jaini Cook, for successfully completing her IOSH Managing Safely. Since joining us in February 2024 Jaini has excelled in her role. She is a valued member of staff and with this additional qualification will be joining our H&S team to ensure safety on site.
SOS Team Training with our Chef
As part of our commitment to exceptional service, we recently conducted an in-depth training session for our Sales Office Support team, who are on the front line of our customer support. This comprehensive session, led by our chef Steve, included detailed visual presentations of the new dishes, recipes featuring each of our exciting new products, […]
Brunning & Price – Training & Dev Day
Recently we welcomed Warren Davies and his team of sous chefs to our Development Centre in Irlam. The team participated in our steak experience presentation, which was expertly led by Andrew Woods. The presentation started with a 35-day salt-aged choice cut of beef that was broken down into individual cuts. The team was then shown […]
Brewski
We recently had the pleasure of hosting the talented team from Brewski Restaurants at our Birtwistles Catering Butchers’ new Training and Development Centre. Brewski’s team brought their creativity and culinary skills to our state-of-the-art facilities, crafting and reviewing new product ideas and developing innovative concepts for their delicious dishes. It was a pleasure hosting their team […]
Obsessed Connect Day
We were pleased to host Baxter Storey’s Obsessed Connect Day – leading the way in driving down waste, focusing on people, planet & purpose. The team used our brand new Training & Development Centre for a hands on approach focusing on projects like Waste Knot, Project Knead and Beans is How. Their chef used our […]
‘Meat’ the Butcher
Our Master Butcher, Andy Woods, attended the second ‘Meat the Butcher’ event at the Solent Hotel. This followed on from the success of the first evening held in May. The interaction and feedback from the customers who had booked on the event was excellent. They all came to speak to Andy about the products and […]
