Peter Gumbley Quality Meat

At the risk of sounding like a broken record to those who have read several of my reviews, I hate the fact that supermarkets are slowly strangling the entire traditional high street of the UK. Florists, green grocers, post offices, and of course butchers are all slowly being eradicated and assimilated into one big homogenous blob. The loss of the butchers wrangles with me in particularly, probably because it seems as though every advert break we have one of the big chains telling us how their meat is sourced via a man looking suspiciously like what your stereotypical local butcher would, when in actuality these counters are often staffed by people who’ve only been on the job a week and who have no real idea about the meat they’re selling. That’s why I always jump at the opportunity to use a local butchers when I see one. The fantastically named Peter Gumbley Quality Meat provides just that, with an outstanding range of meat at prices that more than compete with the supermarkets. Highly recommended.

This shop has been a fixture of the Cotteridge High Street map for as long as I can remember. Immediately recognisable as an old school butchers by the red, draping awning hanging from the shopfront, this is the sort of butchers shop we’ll all miss when and if they eventually succumb to the financial might of the big supermarkets.
On weekends the queue can snake around the small customer area of the shop, which tells you about it’s local popularity and the quality of the service. The meat is usually of a high quality and there are often some interesting seasonal offerings in the window display to tempt you off the high street — their pre-​prepared BBQ meats being a good seller. Prices are reasonable and the service is exactly what you’d expect from a long-​established local butcher. Good stuff!

very friendly does lots more than sell meat menu advice he always comments on my hair as i alway pop in after the hairdressers for my sund joint the beef is sublime never had a bad cut of meat from there my very fave is the lamb burgers they are delish
i refuse to visit a supermarket for their trashy cuts and i spend less any way brill long may they continue support your local butcher