01865 728227

Experts in providing fresh produce every day www.aldenoxford.co.uk 01865 728227 About us About About us Company history Our service Placing orders Established in 1793, Aldens specialist catering Founded in 1793 by Isaac Alden, the Company Aldens is committed to providing a friendly, Orders can be placed in a number of ways as butchers is a family owned business which has was based at Eastwyke farm in Oxford. Up until helpful, reliable and individual service to all listed below. Customers have also found it been supplying Universities, Hotels, Pubs and the 1970s beef, lamb and pork were reared and our customers. Every customer has an account useful when the telesales team calls them at an Restaurants with fresh meat, game and poultry slaughtered on the farm and transported to manager who is responsible for the smooth agreed time each day, to take the order for the for over 215 years. Many products are sourced the Aldens shops in Oxford’s historic Covered running of their account. following day. from local and regional areas. Market. In the late 1970s the farm carried on, The telesales team has access to all account PHONE: 01865 728227 but the abattoir made way for Oxford’s first While traditional methods remain the same, information and is trained to help you with any independent supermarket. Orders can be placed by phone. Office hours everything else has changed dramatically, and questions or queries. Telesales operate from 6am are from 6am to 4pm Monday to Friday and more recently the focus has been on rigorous to 4pm Monday to Friday and 6am to 1pm on 6am-1pm on Saturdays. While we like all orders quality control and traceability. The Company is now able to Saturdays. to be in by 12 noon, we understand this is not Aldens operates all production and dispatch deliver further afield, with We offer a 6 day-a-week delivery service to always possible. Top-up orders can be placed on at the state of the art purpose built factory in improved efficiency and service. all our customers, using our company-owned the answer phone until 6am on the morning of Oxford, from where we can deliver up to a 100 vehicles. We also offer a same day delivery delivery. mile range. service for emergency orders. During the 1980s and 90s the butcher’s shop in FAX: 01865 728224 TRADITIONAL BUTCHERY METHODS the Market was getting busier, supplying local Orders can be faxed. Please fax before 2pm the There has been a lot of change over the years restaurants and colleges. With the introduction day before delivery so we can contact you with of new laws regarding the meat industry, the any queries. If you know the product codes and many skills have been lost to machinery, aldenoxford but our team of butchers are still using Company’s natural progression was to move please use them. location away from the City centre and establish traditional methods of butchery, to ensure care EMAIL: [email protected] a purpose built production unit. The business and attention is given to all products. Please email before 2pm the day before delivery moved location in 1999, allowing the Company so we can contact you with any queries. Email to deliver further afield and improve efficiency orders will still be processed up until 6am on and service, which we have continued to pass on the morning of delivery. to the customer. Tel: 01865 728227 www.aldenoxford.co.uk Quality control Quality Quality control EVERY ORDER TO THE CUSTOMER Essential Accreditations HOW DO WE MEASURE “QUALITY” Despite having a state of the art factory and all 1 Quality of product accepted by the essential systems in place, we need to measure Quality control is at the heart of the business. goods-in manager SAI Global (formally known as E.F.S.I.S or Simply from the nature of the product we are European Food Safety Inspection Service). the produce we send out is really the best. Many dealing with, continuous checks are essential to products need to be checked in a variety of different This is the BRC (British Retail Consortium) maintain product integrity. ways. Temperature and storage are the keys to food 2 Traceability stamps given to Global Standard for Food Safety. It’s considered integrity and safety, and Aldens pays very close every product entering the building These are some of the measures we have in place to be the highest level 3 party auditing body. attention to these at all times. We also recognise both to ensure each and every product is in the best Food Standards Agency (FSA) the importance of the relationship we build with possible condition when it arrives: Government regulations state all catering our customers and their individual specifications, 3 Controls on storage butchers (where 50% of turnover is to catering and the importance of delivering on-time and to a Supplier checks establishments) must be strictly audited. We consistently high standard. We aim to understand are very happy to report we passed with flying our customers’ needs at all times. We consistently monitor all our systems and they 4 Quality control while working on the product colours in 2009. The registered cutting plant are underpinned by a fully operational HACCP OtHER ACCREDITATIONS: approval number is 6370 under regulation (EC) (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) Traditional Breeds Survival Trust. No. 853/2004. plan. This is the backbone of the Quality Policy 5 Customer specifications are checked and allows us to operate in the knowledge that everything we do is to the best of our ability. 1 Our technical adviser visits the suppliers to 6 Quality control on packaging ensure they have good premises and the best animal welfare systems are in place; our 7 Quality control on dispatch storage adviser then reports back with his/her findings. accreditations 2 In house checks at the Aldens’ Production Unit. 8 Quality integrity checked for last time prior to delivering 9. At point of delivery final checks are carried out with the chef Tel: 01865 728227 www.aldenoxford.co.uk Beef Beef Lamb Beef is traditionally the nation’s favourite meat. We take the purchase of beef very seriously indeed, Many people’s favourite. We source the majority of lamb from Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Gloucestershire. visiting the farms where possible, and talking to the farmers to get a better understanding of the beef we However, suppliers can be from as far away as New Zealand. At certain times of the year New Zealand buy. Most breeds these days are cross bred, but as Aldens has Traditional Breed status and is a member lamb may be better than UK lamb. About 5% of our lamb comes from New Zealand. The best time of the Soil Association, pure breeds such as Dexter and Aberdeen Angus are offered to us. for UK lamb is from April to October. From October onwards the lamb gets a bit bigger and older. We try to supply small ones at this time (about 20kg) as they are of a better quality. We also stock a good range of Halal products. CODE PRODUCT DESCRIPTION UNIT OF GUIDE CODE PRODUCT DESCRIPTION UNIT OF GUIDE MEASURE PRICE MEASURE PRICE 1057 BEEF TOPSIDE (ROLLED) KG £6.98 205 LAMB LEG ON THE BONE KG £6.98 Lamb 105SF BEEF SHREDDED/STIR FRY KG £7.15 2051 LAMB LEG CARVERY CUT KG £7.98 1158 BEEF STRIPLOIN (SPECIAL TRM) KG £16.98 2056 LAMB LEG (BONELESS) KG £8.98 1158I BEEF STRIPLOIN SPECIAL TRIM (imp) KG £11.28 205LSPC14 LAMB SHANKS EACH £2.97 116 BEEF LONG FILLET STD TRIM KG £26.98 2064BR LAMB LOINS BONED & ROLLED KG £23.98 1168 BEEF LONG FILLET SPECIAL TRIM KG £31.98 2076 LAMB SADDLE (BONELESS) KG £23.98 1169 BEEF LONG FILLET LARDER TRIM KG £35.76 208R LAMB RUMPS KG £15.98 1326 BEEF FORERIB BONELESS KG £10.68 208RPC6 LAMB RUMPS 142-170g EACH £2.72 133 BEEF RIBEYE ROLL KG £18.98 208RPC8 LAMB RUMPS 198-226g EACH £3.61 133I BEEF RIB EYE ROLL IMPORTED KG £16.88 2109 LAMB RACK (LARDER TRIM) KG £21.98 1356 BEEF BONELESS BRISKET KG £4.98 2109PC3 LAMB RACK F/T (3 BONE) EACH £5.35 145 BEEF CHUCK STEAK HAND DICED KG £5.98 2109PC4 F/T RACK LAMB 4 BONE EACH £6.28 1466 BEEF BONELESS SHIN KG £3.98 222 LAMB SHOULDER ON THE BONE KG £4.98 148 BEEF DICED STEAK AND KIDNEY KG £5.25 2226 LAMB SHOULDER BONELESS KG £7.98 149 BEEF MINCED LEAN KG £3.98 2229PC SHOULDER MINI LAMB JOINTS 280-300G EACH £3.25 RIB EYE STEAK 170PC6 BEEF OLIVES - STUFFED 140 -170g EACH £2.17 223 LAMB NECK FILLET KG £10.98 LEG LAMB CARVERY 171 BEEF BRAISING STEAK EX SILVERSIDE KG £9.98 226 LAMB DICE KG £10.58 171PC5 BEEF BRAISING STEAK 114/142g EACH £1.40 226SH LAMB SHREDDED/STIR FRY KG £8.98 171PC6 BEEF BRAISING STEAK 142/170g EACH £1.70 229 LAMB KEBABS KG £9.48 172 BEEF RUMP STEAK KG £11.98 229PC2 LAMB KEBABS 56G EACH £0.53 172PC6 BEEF RUMP STEAK 170g EACH £2.04 229PC4 LAMB KEBABS 112G EACH £1.06 172PC8 BEEF RUMP STEAK 226g EACH £2.71 230PC LAMB KEBABS WITH MINT 112g EACH £1.33 1734 BEEF T-BONE STEAK (SHORT C) KG £16.98 2386PC4 LEG LAMB STEAK B/LESS 112G EACH £1.23 1734PC12 T-BONE STEAK 300-336g EACH £5.60 2386PC6 LAMB LEG STEAK B/LESS 170g/198g EACH £2.17 1735 COTE DE BOEUF KG £19.98 238PC8 LAMB LEG STEAK BONE-IN 198-226g EACH £2.59 BEEF STEAK & KIDNEY 1735PC12 COTE DE BOEUF 338G EACH £6.75 2418 LAMB LOIN CHOPS (TRIMMED) KG £9.98 SHOULDER ON THE BONE 1758 BEEF SIRLOIN STEAK (SPECIAL TRIM) KG £18.98 2418PC4 LAMB CHOP TRIMMED 112g EACH £1.25 1758PC5 BEEF SIRLOIN STEAK 140g/170g EACH £3.23 242 LAMB NOISETTES KG £23.98 1758PC8 BEEF SIRLOIN STEAK 198-226g EACH £4.29 242CC CHUMP CHOPS KG £11.28 176 BEEF SIRLOIN RASHERS KG £18.98 242PC2 LAMB NOSIETTES 56G EACH £1.34 176PC4 BEEF MINUTE STEAK ST 84g/112g EACH £2.13 242PC3 LAMB NOSIETTES 84G EACH £2.01 1778 BEEF FILLET STEAK KG £30.73 242PC4 LAMB EYE FILLETS112g EACH £6.30 1778PC5 FILLET STEAKS 112g/140g EACH £4.30 2449 LAMB CUTLETS (FRENCH TRIMMED) KG £21.98 1778PC6 BEEF FILLET STEAK 140g/170g EACH £5.22 PLEASE ASK FOR FULL LAMB PRODUCT LIST ROLLED TOPSIDE 1778PC8 FILLET STEAKS 198g/226g EACH £6.94 LAMB NOISEttES 180 RIB EYE STEAK KG £21.98 180PC6 BEEF RIB EYE STEAK 142g/170g EACH £2.94 180PC8 BEEF RIB EYE STEAK 198g/226g EACH £3.91 190PC2 BEEF MEAT BALLS 84g EACH £0.42 PLEASE ASK FOR FULL BEEF PRODUCT LIST Tel: 01865 728227 www.aldenoxford.co.uk Pork Pork Veal & Offal Pork can be one of the best meat products if sourced from the correct places.

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