Lancashire butcher Honeywell Meats joins The Q Guild
Lancashire butcher Honeywell Meats joins The Q Guild
Honeywell Meats, from Woodplumpton, near Preston in Lancashire, is the latest recruit to sign up to the national Butchers Q Guild.
Anthony and John Gornall in their shop.
Honeywell’s was established in 1970 by the Gornall family as a small enterprise, selling their own hand-reared pork from a stall in their garage – and has gone from strength to strength.
However, it has maintained its family traditions, with over 10 members still very much involved in all aspects of the business.
Anthony and John Gornall, co-owners of Honeywell’s, say the Q Guild represents a national and international brand of quality that customers can trust.
Anthony said: “We’re a traditional butchers, we source a lot of our meat directly from local farms, as well as being farmers ourselves, producing our own beef. We’re very keen on traceability from farm to fork and we’re very keen on locally sourced produce.”
John added: “We aim to offer high quality at good value – it’s become more and more apparent that people are looking for great value, but they don’t want to compromise on the quality. We can offer our produce at prices people are happy to pay, but they’re also getting fantastic quality and helping the local farming community.”
Gordon Newlands, manager of the Q Guild, said: “We’re delighted to welcome Honeywell’s to the Guild. They are fine, traditional butchers with a long history behind them and we know that their quality, dedication and innovation will sit very nicely with our long-held industry-leading values.”
