Business of the Year nominee – The Catering Butcher/HH Jackson

Business of the Year nominee – The Catering Butcher/HH Jackson
Posted on 03.02.25
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Business of the Year nominee – The Catering Butcher/HH Jackson

A Stoke-on-Trent butchers celebrates its 100th anniversary next year and is the longest-serving stallholder in Stoke Market – but by moving with the times and responding to customer demands has secured its place as a 21st-century business with a multi-million-pound turnover.

HH Jackson, which is also known as The Catering Butcher, has a stall in Stoke Market and a traditional shop in Fenpark Road, Fenton, that was set up by the business’s founder, farmer Herbert Henry Jackson.

The Catering Butcher was set up 20 years ago and has its own premises in Sutherland Road, Longton. It’s become a highly regarded catering and hospitality butchers for Staffordshire, Cheshire and Manchester, supplying to many high profile and prestigious clients.

The Catering Butcher opened a factory shop to serve the public during the pandemic, which proved so popular it has stayed.

All three parts of the business are run by members of the Jackson family including Herbert’s grandson, Arthur, running the Fenpark Road shop, fourth generation family member Mark Jackson running the stall in Stoke Market and fourth generation family member Dave Jackson is Managing Director of The Catering Butcher. Dave’s son Lewis, the fifth generation of HH Jackson butchers, works in the shop.

“We opened the factory shop during the pandemic so we could open our doors to the public and it’s proved to be a great business. It’s a beautiful shop and really high end. People can buy small portions, catering portions and pretty much any cut of meat they could ask for,” said Dave Jackson.

“Our customers include many of the regions leading catering and hospitality businesses such as Paragon Pubs.”

The business, which has around 50 employees across the group, has been nominated in the Business of the Year category of the University of Staffordshire Business Awards by customer Steve Crowe.

Steve, a chef and food content creator, is based in Manchester but buys his meat from The Catering Butcher because he says the service he receives is better than anything he can get closer to home.

“They’ve really helped me on a personal level and also with my business,” said Steve. “I’ve built up such a rapport with the shop manager that we’ve become good friends.

“I specialise in barbecue and outdoor cooking. If there’s anything that I want that I wouldn’t be able to get from a normal butchers, I know I can get it from them.

“I’ll go in there and ask for some obscure cut that another butcher would have to order in for me, but they just tell me to wait 10 minutes and go and prepare it there and then. I can get anything I want and they’re so enthusiastic.”

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