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$100 for $400 worth of organic and naturally raised meat from The Butchers, inclusive of a $50 credit to the opening of Marlin's Fish Shop. Don't miss The Butchers 10th Anniversary, Deal of the Century!
#1 No skirt steak, they wouldn't even let me pre-order this by e-mail. Its on their price list but told me its not available. Along with another steak cut I asked for(That wasn't on their price list.) They are a butcher, they should be able to accommodate this, especially if I give them four days notice.
#2 Price lists are now posted. But this doesn't make it any less shaddy that prices jumped about 30% between two visits. Especially for those who bought vouchers before prices were available. Price lists were posted after a lot of complaining about pricing went on, and people started keeping track of their pricing online. This can be found on another site. Interesting read as people were reporting different prices for the same cuts of meat.
#3 Yes, tenderloin is not the most cost effective thing to purchase. I rarely purchase tenderloin, period. But a family member loves tenderloin, so I'll cook it when we have her home for dinner. The nice advantage to buying this at a butcher over costco is having it cut and prepped for me, so if I don't have time its all ready to be cooked.
$100 for $400 worth of organic and naturally raised meat from The Butchers, inclusive of a $50 credit to the opening of Marlin's Fish Shop. Don't miss The Butchers 10th Anniversary, Deal of the Century!
My question to anyone who says they've been buying from The Butchers for years. Whats your opinion on the pricing?
I've now been four times and will explain my personal experiences with The Butchers.
I purchased once from the Butchers when the first deal came out. I only bought two steaks and 2 sausages, to see if the deal would be worth it. The meat was great, the pricing was decent, the service was great. Very friendly and helpful staff. I had to jump on some of these deals.
I bought the Dealgetters deal, and used it the first day I could. Again great service, decent pricing, overall a great experience. Later I bought a deal from one of the other companies.
My third visit, upon entering the store I was greeted to a fight between a customer and one of the workers. Now the customer could have been more at fault here, I know some people have been less then understanding with The Butchers. But it wasn't very welcoming to me regardless. I got the exact same order as my previous visit, weights of the meat and everything. Price went from $95 to $130. The beef tenderloin I bought from my previous order, that I bought with a few other items now cost $90 on its own! The service wasn't nearly as good as before, they didn't seem pleased to have to answer my questions or help me. But maybe this could have been because they were angry at the previous customer still.
My fourth visit I had a few issues. I had e-mailed about some cuts. The cuts were to be available When I arrived I was informed they don't make that cut and can't provide it(they are a butchers aren't they? I can buy this cut at any of my local butchers a bit closer to me) Fine. So I tried purchasing based on some other information they agreed to in my e-mail. They weren't going to uphold what they had told me in my e-mail. They ended up sorting it out, but they didn't seem to pleased, and one of the butchers in the back gave me a very obvious upset look. But I was on my way with my product.
The way the meat was prepared in my first few visits to my last couple it doesn't seem the butchers are taking the care they once use to. Nothing huge to complaint about there, but thought it worth mentioning as overall the service quality has seemed to decline every since my first visits.
Each time I was personally very pleasant, when they told me they couldn't uphold what I was previous told I simple said, so and so informed me it would be ok via e-mail. I didn't fight with them, just informed them of this. We didn't fight over this anything further, there was just some huffing and such from a few of the employees and they eventually worked it out.
With all that said, this new deal...is it worth it? It could be, but with them selling another 3000 of these vouchers I can't seem things getting better anytime soon. There are some good deals to be had, it would just have been much more pleasant if they could at least have kept of their service level. I believe the majority of people will have ok experience with this deal, some are going to get upset and issues will be caused on both sides and a few will have a wonderful experience.
Beef Brisket
Buckingham Meats is the best meat in town. But as other said you need more time.
The Butchers recent Deal Find deal - has anyone redeemed?
Haven't redeemed this one specifically but have used other certificates.
Price are a little high, I can say with certainty that prices have been increased since before they had these coupons, which was a concern of some. The prices we're probably raised 20-30% at least on items I had purchased. Maybe there are other reasons unknown to us for these increases but nonetheless they have had increases.
With that said its still a very good deal with these deals. Especially some of the less popular cuts. Brisket and boneless blade steak are two great buys. Their peameal was great(juicy, not too salty), their rack of lamb was also wonderful. A little less meat then you get on the rack compared to places like Costco, but tasted wonderful, and easily enough for two people.
The service there was exceptional, if you go during peak or busy hours though the store is very hard to maneuver. I'd recommend phoning in or e-mailing in your order and then picking up. I haven't personally done this yet but plan to with future orders.
Chinese Garlic at Loblaws [moved from Ontario board]
This thread seems a little bit dead but I wanted to talk about this whole chinese/canadian garlic thing.
Since seeing the CBC program on "Made in Canada" I've looked into this. The reason most chain grocery stores don't carry Canadian grown garlic is because we don't have the supply to meet their demand. Price is also a factor but the demand is a big one. You will find some chains such as Lowbals, have Canadian Grown Garlic in some of their stores for 1 month each year, I think normally in August.
Now why don't these chains import California garlic instead of Chinese? Cost. But if its more that your against the Chinese garlic because of health issues and taste(Its doesn't have as strong of a taste as California or Canadian), then there is a company who jars California Garlic. Their name is Derlea, their based in Toronto.
