D G Lindsay& Son

Beaton Lindsay, 56, runs the North Methven Street butcher shop his family opened in Perth in 1863, and has worked behind the counter since childhood. The beef link sausage recipe has stayed unchanged across four generations, made from prime Scotch beef flank balanced with fat and seasoning, and the nine-person team turns out around 3,600 links a week. That recipe won D G Lindsay & Son the Scottish Beef Links Champion title in the Scottish Craft Butchers' 2026 competition, after first taking the regional title for eastern Scotland. Lindsay sums up his approach plainly: if something works well, there is no reason to change it. Production staff Brian MacVicar and Koen Barclay work the line alongside him, making sausages, mince and cuts for Perth customers.