Ask Fred
Fred A’Court was editor of the Meat Trades Journal for 15 years and has worked as a journalist specialising in food and drink issues for more than 30 years. The author of a number of best-selling trade reference books he has contacts in places where most people don’t even know there are places! So if you have a question about food and drink simply Ask Fred.
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(07-05-2007)
Q I am 32 years old and been in the meat trade since I was four years old. I am working in a but..
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(01-11-2006)
QI'm a butcher approaching retirement with a good business in a good location. Is there still any interest in buying butcher's shops? RN, Wiltshire.
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(01-09-2006)
During the recent hot weather I had problems making a consistently good eating sausage.
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(01-08-2006)
QI'm considering diversifying my business by opening a shop and small meat processing unit on my farm. What are the main pitfalls?
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(01-07-2006)
I'd like to enter your new Butcher's Shop of the Year Awards but am not sure how to go about it, or how well I would do. Any tips? DH, Southampton.
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(01-07-2006)
Q My shop manager doesn't need any formal training as he's very experienced but I would like him to widen his knowledge of the industry. What's the best way of going about this? ST Bournemouth.