The Finalists in the Meat Trades Journal
Butchers Shop of the Year Awards were celebrated at a lunch at the Sheraton Park
Lane Hotel in London on Tuesday 18th November 2008.
Alan Elliot of Dalbeattie
Fine Foods, Gary Raeburn of Forbes
Raeburn & Son, Huntly and Stephanie Craig of Pauls
Quality Butchers made the final of the UK Young Butcher of the Year and
John Lawson from Uphall was a finalist in the Innovation of the Year category.
Set up in 2006 especially for independent
butchers and those who run farm shops these award has evolved from the long
running and popular Top Shop Awards. Butcher’s Shop of the Year assesses the
best businesses in Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the English regions as
well as seeking out the top farm shops.
The Scottish Butcher Shop of the Year,
sponsored by the QMS Scotch Butchers Club had three Finalists.
Davidson
Specialist Butchers,
Burn Lane,
Inverurie
Well
known for quality meat production. Local people are knowledgeable and
demanding when it comes to shopping. They are not disappointed at
Davidsons Specialist Butchers - a smart shop just off the town centre that
John Davidson has owned for four years.
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Shaws
Fine Foods,
Market Place,
Lauder
Shaws Fine Meats, Lauder were described - A
fabulous array of value added products greets the visitor at Shaws Fine
Meats in the Scottish Borders town of
Lauder
in Berwickshire. Owner George
Deans has done a fantastic job in developing his business along with his
16 year old son, Andrew making his mark with some lovely meat ticket
designs. The inside looks very
modern and the outside is refined and entirely in keeping with the other
traditional buildings in the town centre.
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Patrick & Sons,
334 Main Street,
Camelon
Brothers
Jim and Robert had one of the smallest butchers shops in this year's
competition in Camelon. A beautifully organised shop with only 180 square
feet of sales area is well used with a lovely meat display laid out in
clean, uncluttered lines. Behind the scenes a preparation area supplies
not just their own shop but also have a thriving wholesale trade for 20
other businesses.
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