Traditionally, we have always bough our Beef and Lamb from the Brockholes Arms Auction Mart. This auction is almost unique, as it acts as a farmers co-operative where local farmers shares and run this small scale auction to market their produce. Anthony Gornall and myself, Liz Gornall ( his daughter and apprentice buyer!!!!), make up our expert buying team who you will see every Tuesday down at th
e Auction mart, choosing the best animals from the local area for our shops ad to re-stock our farm land. Although this is a vital and necessary task to ensure we have enough stock to satisfy our valued and hungry customers, it`s also great fun and a fantastic way to meet and get to know all the local farmers who produce the wonderful meat we sell in our shops. In addition to buying from the auction mart, we also have a selection of quality tried and trusted local farmers who we but animals directly from, all within a 10 mile radius of the farm shop. Buying our meat this way, with a small buying chain allows us to supply our customers with not only the best quality meats, but also great value for money. Buying directly from the farmer means we can pay them a fair price for their quality, carefully reared animals and still be able to sell our meat at great value prices to our customers, as the need for middle men such as meat processors is cut out. The animals are selected then go live, straight from the auction or farm, to the abattoir. They then arrive as whole carcasses to our farm Shop at Eaves, where our highly skilled, master butchers prepare them into the wide range of fresh meat cuts that we sell at our counters.
