Pyne's of Somerset

General information

What do you get when you buy meat from a supermarket? A warm welcome? Personal service? A product which can be traced right back to the farm it came from? Value for money?

Probably not. But here at Pyne’s of Somerset we can offer all those – as our hundreds of regular customers can testify.(Watch our videos).

But it’s not only the quality our products that makes us so special. It’s also the close links we have created and maintained with local farmers since our business was set up by Phil and Beryl Pyne in 1984.

We only sell meat from animals that have been reared to the highest standard. And there’s a further advantage in our policy of local sourcing: livestock only have to travel a few miles to slaughter – and stress-free animals means better-tasting meat.

We also hang our beef for a minimum of 21 days to allow it to naturally tenderise and for the flavour to develop. Our pigs are reared outdoors and are an unusual Wessex/Duroc cross which we believe gives outstanding eating. Our lambs are either bought direct from one of the many producers close to the village or are carefully selected at Sedgemoor Auction Centre, just down the road.

Our sausages are legendary- there’s no other word to describe them. We’re constantly changing and adding to the varieties we make but at any one time you’re likely to find our highly-acclaimed Pork, Bacon and Black Pudding being sold alongside other popular lines such as Pork and Marmalade, Pork, Chilli and Paprika or our latest invention “The Proper Job”- made with pork, apple, sage and cider. We also make gluten-free sausages and can supply venison or beef sausages to order.

Now a word about our staff. We regard ourselves as a real family business – and the staff are regarded as part of that family, mainly because most of them have been with us for so long. In fact they can boast an astonishing 134 years’ experience between them. And it seems they enjoy working with us, too – because no-one ever leaves. Of our full-timers Dale has been with us for eight years, Ian seven, and both Lee and Joe six.

But there’s another part of the family: our customers. We’re lucky enough to serve literally scores of people who have shopped with us for years. We know their likes and dislikes – sometimes we can almost predict what they’ll ask for when they come in – and they keep returning time after time because they know we provide top quality, outstanding value for money, and that all-important personal service.

So when you shop with us you won’t just be buying the finest meat from a business which has twice been named as the best butcher’s in Southern England. You’ll be joining the family as well.