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Christmas comes early for Yorkshire Dales Meat Company as sales skyrocket

Bedale-based Yorkshire Dales Meat Company a catering butcher that supplies restaurant kitchens and supermarkets across the North of England, has seen record Christmas orders, with a 30% increase in comparison with 2013.

Yorkshire Dales Meat Company (YDMC) supplies meat sourced as locally to its farm and butchery facility in Wensleydale as possible.

The firm, which celebrated its 10th year in business in summer 2014, has seen a 20% month-by-month increase in turnover compared with last year.

Yorkshire Dales Meat Company also saw sales of its sausages and burgers rocket by 150% during the Tour de France, such were their popularity among chefs and their customers.

James Knox, finance director at Yorkshire Dales Meat Company, said: “We’re absolutely delighted to have smashed records for Christmas orders – it’s exceeded all expectations.

“The Christmas period is, as you can imagine, an extremely busy period for chefs working across the UK.

“If you think about how long it takes to prepare pigs in blankets for a family of, say, six people, then think how long it would take chefs to prepare them for a whole restaurant full of people throughout the festive season.

“We’re here to make chefs’ lives easier - which is especially important at what is a manic time of year for them - and the turkey parcels are also a great time-saver, and delicious too.”

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