missuscluck Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Just been out this morning to do my large monthly shop. The plan was to use Morrisons today for essential store cupbord items enough to last a month, then use the butchers to stock up on some meat for the freezer. I wanted to buy some free range chicken to put in the freezer. I have been into 3 different butchers this morning. The first one told me that they were not free range but were bread on a farm Err, yes. Where else would they be bread, a block of flats maybe!! The second and third butchers both said they only have them in on a Thursday Morrisons only had 4 very small whole free range chickens that didnt look like they would feed my hungry lot, so I passed on those. I'll have to go back to Waitrose on the way home from work. However I was pleased to see that Morrisons stock small jars of free range egg mayonnaise at 49p a pot. I bought 4 as my home made is rubbish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura & CTB Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 It's getting harder to find free range at the moment - I kept popping in to Sainsburys to see if they had any in but they are still having supply problems. This week I've ordered a meat box from Riverford to keep us going. Chickens bred on a farm - whatever next Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Lynda, try these guys, they deliver- we went a cple of weeks ago and stocked up, the meat is lovely! http://www.traditionalmeat.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Just makes me appreciate my lovely butcher even more than I already did. We got a delicious chicken from there at the weekend - freerange and from a farm half a mile down the road. I was in Morrisons the other day, and noticed that a)there was no freerange chickens on the shelf, and b) they seem to have put the prices of freerange up in the past few weeks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missuscluck Posted February 5, 2008 Author Share Posted February 5, 2008 Poet...Is this the butchers that you went to to stock up. It looks good. This would be a good way of getting a bulk order of good meat via the post. As I am stocked up at the mo (exept the chicken ) I will just get some from Waitrose this time as I only really need one for roasting and a few chicken breasts for stir frying, but will consider using them next time. It looks great. I was quite taken aback in the first butchers as we have used them a lot prior to us having our own pork as they do sell the best pork/bacon/sausage I have ever tasted (apart from our own, of course )and have won lots of awards for it. Obvoiusly chicken is not their thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 they seem to have put the prices of freerange up in the past few weeks... Now there is a surprise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 My local Waitrose has not had any free range chicken breasts in for 4 days. My local butcher has run out too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Well, it's good that there is more demand. I just hope that people won't go back to buying intensively reared chicken if they can't find free range. I wore my chicken out t shirt to circuit training last night and got 3 comments that people now buy free range after seeing the programmes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 We had the roofer over the other day (def. a meat and two veg man ) and he said that he wouldn't but cheap chicken after seeing the HFW and Jamie Oliver programmes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UkButton Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 I wore my chicken out t shirt to circuit training last night and got 3 comments that people now buy free range after seeing the programmes. Aha.I'm guessing Spiceball for the circuit training? Thought I'd check out the "my Album" bit in your signature I think I recognise you from the gym...I sound like a stalker now. Banbury is really small! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 I wore my chicken out t shirt to circuit training last night and got 3 comments that people now buy free range after seeing the programmes. Aha.I'm guessing Spiceball for the circuit training? Thought I'd check out the "my Album" bit in your signature I think I recognise you from the gym...I sound like a stalker now. Banbury is really small! Isn't it just! And if my hunch is right, I might know who you are.....! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UkButton Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 ...Sweaty skin head in step! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Yup, Gareth's brother! I had my suspicions as soon as you turned up. I've never see you wearing your Omlet t shirt to step class though. I didn't know that you kept chickens too though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UkButton Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Correct? Gareth gets everywhere! I went the boxers route rather than T shirt. I've only had mine since june (Chickens not boxers). It had to be an Eglu though, I don't like wooden ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 he used to work with me at RMR until they went down the pan. Eglus are best, of course, but then I'm biased. Does Gareth still have his chooks then? I haven't bumped into him for ages now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UkButton Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Yeah he is looking for a cheap Eglu with no run as he has to keep treating his wooden one for mites. Thats the thing with Gareth if he turns up at your work get the job paper out he's had 4 or 5 redundences now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Aw bless, he's a bit of a Jonah then! I guess you won't let him work at GF then! Cheap eglu... he'll be lucky! There was someone on Banbury Freecycle once wanting one for free - gave me a laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Just been out this morning to do my large monthly shop. The plan was to use Morrisons today for essential store cupbord items enough to last a month, then use the butchers to stock up on some meat for the freezer. I wanted to buy some free range chicken to put in the freezer. I have been into 3 different butchers this morning. The first one told me that they were not free range but were bread on a farm Err, yes. Where else would they be bread, a block of flats maybe!! The second and third butchers both said they only have them in on a Thursday Morrisons only had 4 very small whole free range chickens that didnt look like they would feed my hungry lot, so I passed on those. I'll have to go back to Waitrose on the way home from work. However I was pleased to see that Morrisons stock small jars of free range egg mayonnaise at 49p a pot. I bought 4 as my home made is rubbish I know it is a bit of a dirty word on here but my local T***o always seems to have stock of free range chicken bits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 I bought a very large organic chicken from the reduced section in Tesco last Friday, almost half price It had thighs like an Olympic sprinter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Well done you! Did you call it Linford? How many meals did you get out of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 Sounds like one of ours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 Sounds like one of ours Are you missing any Lesley? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omletina Kyckling Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 The recent TV coverage is obviously causing problems with supplies. I just found this statement on the Sainsburys website Free range & organic chicken Due to an unprecedented rise in demand we have some availability issues on free range & organic chicken. We are doing all we can to source extra supply and hope that this does not affect your order. Excellent! The message is getting through! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 The recent TV coverage is obviously causing problems with supplies. I just found this statement on the Sainsburys website Free range & organic chicken Due to an unprecedented rise in demand we have some availability issues on free range & organic chicken. We are doing all we can to source extra supply and hope that this does not affect your order. Excellent! The message is getting through! Woo hoo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 About time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
