Butchery

A Fresh Approach to Meat!

When you visit our in-store butchers, you’ll be greeted by a local friendly face who will be able to advise on all their fresh cuts. Our butcher is happy to advise on cooking options for various cuts, and can help you prepare for dinner by cutting or dicing your meat to your specifications.

We offer a selection of high quality gourmet cuts and stuffed meats to ensure our customers get the very best variety of foods.

Locally Sourced

All of our meat is locally sourced and selected to the highest quality. We have a close relationship with our suppliers to ensure that you get the best quality fresh meats.

Ready to Go

We also offer a tasty range of freshly prepared pre-packed stir fries, curries, wraps from various world cuisines and to suit all tastes. All of our products are freshly prepared in-store.

Our Suppliers

At Mulkerns we strive to bring quality and freshness to our customers throughout each and every department in the store.  To this end we go to great lengths to source local produce.  All of our suppliers undergo detailed checks, and in addition are in regular communication with our management team.  This helps us to ensure the quality, freshness and traceability of our products, enabling our customers to purchase with confidence.

We’ve put together some details of our suppliers below…

Linden Foods

Rated as one of the premium suppliers of meat to the wholesale industry, with over 30 years’ experience and a wide client base across the UK, Ireland and Europe;

The core values at Linden Foods are Traceability & Integrity.

Linden Foods is a market leader in the red meat industry and has an excellent track record on all the important issues related to meat processing.  Linden Foods’ management fully embraces strict regulation around all areas of animal welfare, environmental care and product safety.  Linden Foods are committed to 100% DNA traceability of every product processed within the Group.  Enhanced traceability capability enables effective monitoring of the beef supply chain, giving customers and consumers confidence in the products supplied.

Linden Foods are BLS, ABM, EFSIS, and Bord Bia approved.

Pinkertons

For over 50 years Pinkerton’s have been manufacturing quality local meat products including prime Gammon, Bacon, and Sausages.

All produced to the highest standard from their purpose-built EC approved plant, based in the village of Milford in County Armagh. Pinkerton’s produce local foodstuffs daily from local N. Ireland Pork, using only the best in quality, regional products to ensure the delicious flavours and freshness that customers have come to expect.

Pinkertons are BRC Food Certified and EC9097 approved.

Doherty & Gray

Established in 1954, Doherty & Gray is Northern Ireland’s second oldest meat processing business.

Based in Ballymena in County Antrim, the family owned business operates from a modern EC approved plant and specializes in the supply of Chilled Beef & Lamb and both Branded and “Own Label” Sausages and Burgers.

Doherty & Gray hold a number of accreditations including Bord Bia Quality Assurance Scheme Beef, British Retail Consortium Global Standard Grade AA, Thank Goodness It’s Pork, EC9011 Approved, and Freedom Foods RSPCA Monitored Welfare Scheme.

Keenan Seafood

Based in Belfast, Keenan Seafood Ltd was established in 1942 as T Keenan and Sons Fish Merchants Ltd.

Keenan’s source their fresh fish each morning from the local ports of Kilkeel, Ardglass and Portavogie as well as from Scotland and the West of Ireland.  Only the finest quality seafood is selected and transported to the company’s premises for further processing.  The company has a policy of sourcing as much local fish as possible including all shellfish, mussels, oysters and scallops, and whitefish such as cod, haddock, plaice, monk and prime fish.

The factory is fully HACCAP compliant and has the technical SALSA and STS Accreditations.  The company has also achieved the Investors in People Standard.