Wal-Mart beef

[Sheepwheat]

Quite a few butcher shops around here. I thought no it is like a erythng rural. Simply that many young ones do not make the choice to stick around and do the hard work. The ones I deal with are doing VERY well.

[malleefarmer]

A generation or two ago many small towns had a butcher and a baker. Now they are mostly gone. Everything is getting Walmarted. Unless you are mega operation or in a retail niche that works, your days are numbered. The same thing is happening to agriculture and food in North America. That is why many consumers are willing to pay for local and higher quality where they might get to know and support a local farm.

Yeah forgot bakers chuck hardly saw a one.
98% of town here big or small have a deli/bakery that does home made hamburgers, fish and chips or freis as you call them , hot dogs pies pasties sandwhiches freid chicken pasta etc etc reckon big chains in north america have been death knel burger king macdonalds harbys AW hortons etc etc

[malleefarmer]

Even steaks were in a restuarant chain MR Mikes comes to mind was keg another?? And even pizza shop no corner pizza shop all chain boston pizza pizza hut???etc etc

[Sheepwheat]

Even steaks were in a restuarant chain MR Mikes comes to mind was keg another?? And even pizza shop no corner pizza shop all chain boston pizza pizza hut???etc etc

It is hard to generalize, but there are many, many independent chicken, pizza, Greek, food services, and independent gas bars, and independent fast food places, ice cream shops, and so on around my area.

Lots of these places are in obscure locations and unknown unless you really do some digging.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Post BSE most of the butcher shops and smaller packing plants closed down, As a direct result of the massively increased regulations costs and bureaucratic red tape involved. This was also the death knell for the planned new plants. The local shops Keep trying, usually with different owners every couple years, Mostly Europeans.

[malleefarmer]

Had a couple of 13 hour plus driving days across sask ab and bc some of the diners in tiny "tin pot" town were absolutely scrumptious, friendly service and often packed. I used to cruise around towns looks for the most pickups and presumed thats were the locals eat food must be good