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Marketing Weekend: 15 - 16 May 2010
There are still places available for the 2010 Marketing Weekend which will take place in the Royal York Hotel from 15 – 16 May and all members are encouraged to attend. There will be a collection of trade experts on hand to share their expertise with......
Q Butchers Support National Butchers Week
Q Butchers are using this fantastic opportunity to support independent butchers by celebrating National Butchers Week (NBW).
Brian Fields of Fields of Anlaby is celebrating National Butchers Week by taking a stall at The Hull Truck Theatre Food ......
New Q Guild Corporate Member
Invest, invest and invest some more!
Excel Labels Limited are delighted to become approved Corporate members of the Q Guild. We are a leading UK manufacturer of labels and tags for weighing scales, and have been proud to be genuine parts suppliers t......
Eastern Region Changes
Long term Q Guild supporter David Harrison has recently retired as East Region Chairman after six years at the helm. David has been a breath of fresh air in the Eastern Region with lots of enthusiasm for regional meetings, events and competitions.
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New Look for Crombies of Edinburgh
Crombies of Edinburgh has recently undergone a major shop refit. After stripping back to the bare walls the complete refurbishment was completed within 12 days. Designer Jackie Muir worked very closely with Sandy and son Jonathan Crombie to develop......
Q Guild Launch a New Competition at Foodex
Q Guild will have a stand (X084) at this year's Foodex which will take place at Birmingham NEC on 21 - 24 March 2010. We will also be running a competition at Foodex which will allow a team from each region to pitch their best counter display against......
Phill Jupitus Kicks off Celebrations for the Byford Food Hall Re-Launch
Byfords Food Hall in Leigh-on-Sea celebrated the refurbishment of their shop on Friday 26 February 2010 with Phill Jupitus cutting the ribbon to start the celebrations.
Local Farmer, Richard Stacey, was on hand cooking his locally reared Berkshi......
Lishman's 'Ham Bag' Princess
Junior school students were challenged to draw up a blueprint for a brand-new ‘ham bag’ in a competition run among local schools by Lishman’s Butchers through its two shops in Ilkley and Bolton Abbey.
Almost 50 entries were received from pupils at......
Q Guild.... Uncovered
This coming year The Butchers of the Q Guild are launching a major new marketing initiative which has been under development for several months.
A new quarterly consumer publication called “Countryside Food Uncovered” will now be made available fr......
Slimline Sausages
Customers at John Mettrick & Son were delighted with the arrival of John’s new health conscious banger. After customers who were in slimming groups wanted a healthier alternative to help them shift the extra pounds they had gained over the festive p......
Bushtucker Butchery
Customers got a taste of the jungle when they visited Dennis of Bexley recently. The Dartford Butchers ran a themed day based on the Bushtucker Trials from the hit reality TV Show I’m A Celebrity... Get Me out of Here.
Customers sampled a variety......
Brian Wins MTJ Butchers Shop of the Year
At the Awards Ceremony organised by the MTJ held at Sheraton Park Lane Hotel on 17 November Fields of Anlaby beat off some stiff competition to win the coveted Butchers Shop of the Year Award. Brian Fields also won the Midlands & East of England Cat......
Jim Wins BBC Young Butcher of the Year
BBC Young Butcher of the Year
Jim Sutcliffe of Meridian Meats has beaten the finest young butchers in the UK to be titled BBC’s Young Butcher of the Year in the latest TV talent show.
The programme was aired on BBC3 on Monday 17 November when f......
Q Guild on Parade
Q Guild on Parade
Members of the Q Guild travelled through the centre of London onboard the Worshipful Company of Butchers’ float on 14 November for the Lord Mayor’s Show. Q butchers Tom Newitt, David Harrison, Brindon Addy and Peter Heanen cooke......
Champion of Champions 2009
Allan Bennett’s zingy Pork & Marmalade Sausage did not stop at winning a Diamond Award at the recent Smithfield Awards. The judges at the annual Sausage Competition run by the MTJ, agreed with the Product Evaluation judges and awarded the sausage th......
Smithfield Awards
Smithfield Awards
This year’s Smithfield Awards was once again a glittering occasion with the pinnacle of the day being the presentation of the Diamond Awards by successful restaurateur, celebrity chef and Q Guild friend - Brian Turner.
But......
Top Industry Award For The Q Guild
In the Meat Management Awards 2009, the Q Guild won the award as the Best Trade Organisation. This impressive accolade was presented to Guild Chairman Philip Cranston at an awards ceremony in June attended by leading figures in the industry in London......
Top Team Award For Cranstons At Q Guild BBQ Championships
It was almost a clean sweep of the top awards for Cumbrian food and butchery firm Cranstons in the Q Guild’s 2009 National Barbecue Championships held on June 7 at Butchers Hall, London.
The seventh annual championships were being held for the fir......
European Success
Q butchers came away with fifteen gold medals, nine silver and one bronze from the Meat & Fresh Expo 2009 exhibition which was held at Kortrijk in Belgium.
Leading the way was Lidgates of Holland Park, London, who won seven golds, two silvers and ......