MEMBERS UPDATE 15TH DECEMBER 2023

Scottish Craft Butchers Office Hours for the Festive Period

Members are reminded that, if needed, the office will be open and staff available to answer your calls in the lead up to the Christmas and New Year public holidays.

We know that you ae incredibly busy during the next few weeks but Gordon, Bruce and Claire will be available should you need to contact us. Normal office hours apply on the 18th – 22nd December (9am to 5pm) then again from the 27th – 29th December.

We will be available to our members to answer any queries via email or by mobile phone and will be available out of office hours for any members wanting to contact us.
We hope you have a busy and smooth trading period. Merry Christmas to all!

Festive Tips, Advice and Cooking Times

A reminder to all members that we have the festive tips, advice and cooking times guide on our website.

You can print off to issue to customers or post the link below on your social media to help your customers have a successful festive meal.

Tips, Advice and Cooking Times Link

Items for Sale

A business that is now closed still has a vacuum packer and a sausage filler for sale

Vacuum packer £700 or nearest offer
Sausage machine £700 or nearest offer
Pictures below

Please contact Brian Henderson on 07793 019936

UK Sausage Week makes a welcome return in 2024

UK Sausage Week (UKSW) returns next year taking place over the 28th October – 3rd November period. The annual event was suspended during the Covid pandemic.

As usual butchers, supermarkets, foodservice and manufacturers across the UK are expected to be involved.

The week commences with a celebration lunch in London on 28th October 2024, when the UK Supreme Sausage Champion will be revealed, alongside a host of category winners.

Dates for the UKSW national product competition to find next year's sausage champions will be announced early in the new year with full details of how to enter products for evaluation and judging.

The competition will be headed up by Chief Judge Keith Fisher, the CEO of the Institute of Meat (IoM). Fisher commented: “Entries in previous years have been outstanding and it is brilliant news that UK Sausage Week will return in 2024 when we can celebrate all things sausage!”

Joanna Thomson editor of Meat Management magazine, who organise UKSW, added: “UK Sausage Week is always a great way of promoting sausages in the run up to and over the period of Halloween and Bonfire Night. It is always good to see retailers and manufacturers launching new products or reinventing old ones and organising fun events, plus local and even national media coverage.

“We all know how important the sausage market is to the UK meat trade and now, more than ever, getting involved could not be more important. It's a great opportunity to get customers thinking about and buying more sausages!”

• Best Pork Sausage
• Best Beef Sausage
• Best Lincolnshire Sausage
• Best Cumberland Sausage
• Best Chipolata Sausage
• Best Gluten Free / Free From Sausage
• Best Chicken Sausage
• Best Speciality Sausage
• UK Sausage Week – Supreme UK Champion

Winners of the UKSW Competition often report significant increases in sausage sales and companies and retailers who innovate and get involved can maximise on the profile UKSW creates. The week normally attracts national and local media interest and coverage, and organisers will be spreading the word to make sure all the key people are aware.

For more information about UKSW contact Sharon Yandell: [email protected] and for partnership opportunities email: [email protected] or go to: www.sausageweek.com

Gordon King: [email protected]     07917524313

Bruce McCall: [email protected]    07834490922

The Scottish Craft Butchers office in Perth is staffed every weekday.
We will be available to our members to answer any queries via email or by mobile phone
and will be available out of office hours for any members wanting to contact us.