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tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 07 10:35 am Post subject:

NeathChris wrote:

ANC quoted me £24 for half a pig next day delivery. What you think of this?
Not refrigerated but packed in cool boxes with ice.

Dunno, how many boxes is that? WH charge £10 per box.

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your brave trying welsh hook, i wouldnt touch them with a barge pole. I could tell you some stories....

Really? Bugger. They do organic halal, which ain't easy to get hold of. Their lamb's always been good, chicken only so-so.

Should have 4 lambs going to slaughter next week, so it'll just be chicken from WH. Hopefully we'll start keeping chickens next year.

NeathChris

Joined: 09 Feb 2006
Posts: 1387
Location: Neath, South Wales

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 07 10:40 am Post subject:

Thats for 1 25kg box containing half a pig? What you think?

The lamb probably isnt organic, or halal.
They dont pay on time, friend waited 6months for payment for his cattle.
They told another friend her lambs were condemned, when in fact they were on the lorry for london, her husband went on the lorry looked, seen his lambs then took them off. He knew they were his as his were traditional and and different shape to all the others. His lambs would have been sold as organic when they were not.
They offered me £1.10kg for my pork, then they would pass it off as organic and sell 3kgs of joints for £60+.
The bloke is a crook.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45473
Location: Essex

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 07 10:48 am Post subject:

Will stop buying off him. So where do I get decent blinking poultry???

I'm happy to buy say 10 chickens at a time to make it worth sending...

As for ANC I don't see why the fact that it's meat makes any difference, goes through their network just the same as a normal box. We pay around £5.75 for a 25kg box, less for multiple boxes to the same destination but we do send out quite a lot.

I reckon a tenner or less should be doable.

NeathChris

Joined: 09 Feb 2006
Posts: 1387
Location: Neath, South Wales

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 07 10:53 am Post subject:
I have pushed them, they said £24 is the lowest possible. It would make half a pig delivered to your door next day £100. I have tried all couriers, either dont do meat or charge £35ish. think i will run a poll. I will get details for poultry for you.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 07 10:56 am Post subject:

NeathChris wrote:

It would make half a pig delivered to your door next day £100.

Sounds cheap enough.

Appreciate poultry details

NeathChris

Joined: 09 Feb 2006
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Location: Neath, South Wales

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 07 10:59 am Post subject:
https://www.penrhiwfarm.co.uk pm markjadams on here, see if he can help.

sally_in_wales
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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 07 11:07 am Post subject:
Who do Graig Farm use? We have had meat from them in the past and the delivery was very reasonable if I recall correctly https://www.graigfarm.co.uk/

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45473
Location: Essex

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 07 11:11 am Post subject:

NeathChris wrote:

https://www.penrhiwfarm.co.uk

pm markjadams on here, see if he can help.

Done, ta.

NeathChris

Joined: 09 Feb 2006
Posts: 1387
Location: Neath, South Wales

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 07 11:17 am Post subject:
Not sure who they use. I have tried everyone i can find, but will keep looking, quite shocked mot said sorry no meat even though it is contained?

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45473
Location: Essex

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 07 4:15 pm Post subject:
Unfortunately he can't do halal

VSS

Joined: 14 Jan 2007
Posts: 2845
Location: Llyn Peninsula, North Wales

Posted: Tue Aug 21, 07 4:06 pm Post subject:

we had a similar difficulty finding a courier for a batch of 25 lambs packed for the freezer, going to East Anglia.

In the end we paid a friend who does catalogue deoliveries for a living, to take the whole lot down for us. They all went to a single drop off point for distribution which made things easier. He charged about £220 (£8.80 / lamb).

Couldnt have done it without the drop off point though.

www.viableselfsufficiency.co.uk

sally_in_wales
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Posted: Tue Aug 21, 07 7:22 pm Post subject:

NeathChris wrote:

Not sure who they use. I have tried everyone i can find, but will keep looking, quite shocked mot said sorry no meat even though it is contained?

Have you spoken to Graig Farm, just looked at their site and they manage to keep delivery prices pretty low, so they must have a decent courier lined up.

I recall them being very helpful when I wanted something not on their list, they might share their contacts if you asked nicely. There must be a solution out there

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: York

Posted: Tue Aug 21, 07 8:48 pm Post subject:

sally_in_wales wrote:

You have to ask very nicely though, I did some research on direct marketing when at college & got very poor responses from producers- they seemed to guard such information like it is a trade secret. Can't remember if Graig Farm was one on my list though, I'll have to dig my notes out.

Most couriers get much cheaper when you can guarantee regular high volume.

Maxwell Smart

Joined: 29 May 2005
Posts: 607
Location: London Town

Posted: Wed Aug 22, 07 10:35 pm Post subject:

Join the federation of small businesses and then go for interlink.

I can deliver something with them anywhere in UK next day for less than first class recorded with royal mail. I think its about £6 roughly and weight limit of 30kg.

If you want by noon or even 9am it costs a tiny bit more - maybe £1-2

Of course not sure if they will carry food... but then need they know?

Rob R wrote:

they seemed to guard such information like it is a trade secret.

You could always order from them and then ask the courier!

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: York

Posted: Wed Aug 22, 07 10:50 pm Post subject:
You could...

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