Two Major Awards at the 2017 Butcher’s Awards

We are delighted to announce that we have won two major awards at the 2017 Butchers Awards.

We have won shop of the year for our newly refurbished shop and Jack won lifetime achievement for contribution to the Irish meat industry.

These awards are the only awards taking in butchers from all over the Island of Ireland and we are delighted to be lucky enough to be nominated never mind win 2 major awards.

Thanks to all our customers for their continued support allowing us to continue doing what we love.

Watch this video where Tim talks about this great achievement!

Butchers Excellence International Awards

McCarthy’s Award Winning Products

With Jack and Tim’s innovative and creative ideas (as displayed on facebook live…) come prestigious awards.

Butchers Excellence International is the only all Ireland butchery body.

We were delighted to win awards at the 2017 ALL IRELAND SAUSAGE, BURGER AND PUDDING COMPETITION 2017 for

  • our Bramley Apple Sausages,
  • Country style Beef Burgers,
  • Prime Steak Burger,
  • Gluten Free Smoked Bacon Chicken Burger
  • Traditional Pork Sausages.

We won the prestigious Diamond award for our Black Pudding, and White Pudding

We are looking forward to Blas na hEireann, The Irish Food Awards on 30th September where we have a couple of finalists.

award winners

Our New Look Kanturk Store

We are delighted with our newly refurbished store in Kanturk. It looks amazing, call in for a look if you are in town.

We have changed the orientation of the shop and added lots of new refrigerated space in a bright new interior.

We’ve managed to keep some traditional features and add some lovely new ones like the storyboard on the back wall showing the history of McCarthys since we first opened five generations ago in 1892.

tim in the newly refurbished shop in kanturk

 

Local customers can save with BLocal

McCarthys have teamed up with BLocal so local customers can avail of the loyalty scheme in the Kanturk Shop.

Every time you shop at McCarthy’s you collect points on your card and for every euro spent you get a point.

When you have 300 points you get a €10 euro voucher that you can redeem with us.

Blocal

Sizzling start

the award winning black puddingDelighted that Roz Crowley listed our black pudding top of her pudds again.

Try it and see why it is consistently top of the ratings. Click here to go to the online shop.

These are Roz’s comments on our pudding.

“Bacon trim, spices, seasoning, rusk, blood, oatmeal, water, onion and pearl barley are used well here to make a creamy, smooth style of pudding which I liked more than some tasters who found it a bit too dense.

The understated spices and subtle flavour were enjoyed by all tasters. Delicious spread on buttered toast like a paté. SuperValu and independents.”

Roz Crowley

READ THE FULL ARTICLE BY CLICKING HERE

Online Shop is Closed until January

All our delivery slots are now full and we are not taking any more online orders until January.

We wish all our online customers a very happy Christmas and look forward to your business in 2018.

merry christmas

Brewing Business Success

A few weeks ago Kevin Dundon visited town and I sat down for a cup of coffee with him in the daily grind to record an interview for episode 2 of “Brewing Business Success”.

Tim explains some of the intricacies of being part of a fifth generation family business.
Watch the video here it’s subtitled in case you can’t understand Kevin!!

Join the Platinum Club

Join the Platinum Club now!

Redeem coupons to get even more savings in the months to come.

Until the end of October you can save €10 on orders of €120 or more and still avail of complimentary delivery by using the coupon code PLAT2017


We have introduced a new regular customer discount.

All customers who use the PLAT2017 discount before 31st October will receive a voucher that they can redeem in November.
Customers who redeem the November voucher will receive one in December and so on.

We will only reopen membership subscriptions periodically, according to availability, so don’t miss out – join before 31st October 2017.

Join the Platinum Club today!

Regular savings for regular customers from McCarthys of Kanturk

*Orders over €100 have no delivery charges – we can only deliver to addresses on the island of Ireland.

Black Pudding – The New Superfood!

blackpudding super foodAt McCarthy’s we take huge pride in our black pudding so we were delighted to see it being celebrated as a new “Super Food” in the media this week.

According to a report from the Daily Mail, black pudding has joined seaweed, black beans, avocado oil, teff grains and birch water as key superfoods for 2016.

Black pudding contains protein, potassium, calcium and magnesium, plus it is practically carb free and rich in iron and zinc – two minerals frequently missing from modern diets.

Two slices of black pudding provides the recommended daily amount of iron for an adult man.

Another reason that black pudding is such a good thing is because it contains offal. Offal is used a lot by celebrity chefs but not so much in modern homes. By eating offal we ensure that all the animal is consumed and we reduce waste. This is a very good thing for the planet.

You don’t need to serve your black pudding in a greasy fry up – if you really want to reap the benefits of Black Pudding you should grill it and serve it with a salad or accompany it with a risotto of grains such as pearl barley or brown rice.

BUY OUR AWARD WINNING BLACK PUDDING NOW

Ear to the Ground – RTE

Jack and Tim were on Ear to the ground last night on a feature about one of our suppliers – massively successful local business man and farmer, Frank Murphy of Glen South Farm in Banteer. If you missed Ear to the Ground last night you can watch it on the RTE Player. The item begins at 16 minutes in.

ear to the ground