Michael Hart &Son Family Butchers

Michael Hart & Son trades from a unit in Bishops Walk, just off Cricklade Street in Cirencester, as a traditional family butcher rather than a supermarket meat counter. The shop cuts and prepares its own pies in house, stocks around twenty cheeses alongside the meat counter, and sells olives and other nibbles for customers assembling a picnic rather than a Sunday roast. Meat is sourced locally rather than through a central distribution depot, and the shop keeps butcher's hours: early starts from 7.30am on Saturdays, closing by 5.30pm on weekdays, and shut on Sundays. The name over the door reflects a business built around a family trade rather than a franchise model, with staff cutting to order rather than pre-packing everything for a chiller cabinet.