A secret butchers shop with £2m worth of meat has opened to the public for the first time. Birtwistles Catering Butchers in Irlam, Greater Manchester, normally supplies hotels and restaurants such as the Hilton, Radisson, The Alchemist, Gusto, The Botanist and Tampopo.
Like many suppliers, the family-run business saw its main source of income cut off when the country went into lockdown. With stock worth £2m available, they have now opened the shop to the public, selling restaurant-quality meat at prices they say are 30 per cent lower than in supermarkets.
Managing director Glenn Eastwood told the Manchester Evening News : “We’re a family-run business and we’ve been going for over 100 years. "We’ve never sold to the public before because