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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: CharingPorkPantry on June 26, 2015, 02:30:56 pm

Title: Anglo Dutch Meats
Post by: CharingPorkPantry on June 26, 2015, 02:30:56 pm

Hello All,

This may only be applicable to a few local people but I have just found out that ADM (Charing) have gone into administration  :o

I am gutted as its literally meters down the road from us and I have always been very grateful to have no food miles and such a wonderful, helpful, friendly abattoir!

I am planning, on the recommendation of my butcher, to move over to J R Farm Meats nr Canterbury. Anyone got any experience with them?

In the meantime I'll be in the corner weeping over my added travel costs  :'(

Rebecca  :pig:

Title: Re: Anglo Dutch Meats
Post by: oaklandspigs on June 26, 2015, 06:22:45 pm

Yes I had just heard that.

I have only one very short review on my abattoir guide

http://www.oaklandspigs.co.uk/links/abattoirs/#Kent (http://www.oaklandspigs.co.uk/links/abattoirs/#Kent)

Once you have been, please do send me some feedback via my website or here !

Title: Re: Anglo Dutch Meats
Post by: adorm on June 27, 2015, 09:42:28 pm

nooo!!! i was planning on going there with my 2 pigs in october!

I had heard it was a well run place... a real shame.

not tried anywhere so was banking on charing.... i'm in maidstone so may need to get looking!

Title: Re: Anglo Dutch Meats
Post by: CharingPorkPantry on June 29, 2015, 10:16:58 am

Hi All,

Will do Oaklands!

Adorm, it was a really good place. Hopefully it will be bought by someone and maybe keep some staff. Fingers crossed! Local to you and me we have J R Farm meats Canterbury, Ballard's Marden or Forge Farms who I think are either Tonbridge or Tonbridge Wells.

 :(

Title: Re: Anglo Dutch Meats
Post by: adorm on June 29, 2015, 09:15:55 pm

Thanks for the names i will get looking and yep defo hope it gets bought and saved!

Title: Re: Anglo Dutch Meats
Post by: greenbeast on June 30, 2015, 01:57:30 pm

I actually had two booked i for monday, luckily i heard about this on the local grape vine a week or so ago.

Gave me a chance to book in at Tottingworth Farm, in Heathfield, instead

No good for you Kent lot but anyone in E Sussex might find them useful.
Was my first time at the abbatoir and seemed fine.

They don't do cutting but use a butcher down near Horam who seems really good (Smithers), they're a private cutting butcher with a great online cutting list system.
I will report back on saturday when i've collected our butchered pig and hog roast pig