August 4, 2020
MBL News is Australia's leading trade magazine for butchers.
In this edition, Strathalbyn siblings, Mark and Melissa Maidment are continuing the proud tradition of butchering in historic Strathalbyn, becoming the third generation to run Maidment's Meat Service. While keeping up with tradition, they have put their own modern stamp on their store by responding to food trends as Artisan Butchers and creating value added offerings for customers with food intolerances.
Also in this edition, meat sales for local butchers continue to stay up by an average of 20% over last years trade, with some butchers reporting up to a 40% rise in turnover. Butchers are retaining new customers who turned to them when supermarket supplies dwindled during the initial COVID-19 panic buying explosion.
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