The TartanButchers

The Tartan Butchers is a single-shop artisan butcher on East Street in Faversham, run by William and Jessica Ross, who took over the long-standing East Street butcher's premises after the previous owner's death. They buy from local farms, favouring free-range chicken and pork and grass-fed beef, and make a good deal in house, including sausages, burgers, pies and other prepared items. It is an independent business with no other branches, trading from Faversham's run of independent food shops near the market. The emphasis is on provenance and making things from scratch rather than volume, and the counter changes with what is available locally. For a town with a strong food reputation, it fills the traditional butcher's role, supplying both households and the sort of customer who wants to know where their meat came from before they cook it.