Local pork and poultry producers are predicting a strong Christmas season, with some butchers at the Cheapside Public Market already fielding steady orders and farmers reporting healthy supplies ahead of the holiday rush.
In the butcher section of the Cheapside Public Market, some reported that they already had orders for the next week, which promised brisk business.
“I’m just parcelling out orders now. So far, business has not been bad; there are a lot of orders. I find more people are getting into farming and raising livestock, so then they come to us to get the meat cut up,”
said Roger Robinson, who was carving up some pig heads.
Jamar Gaskin said it was early days yet and business was looking on par with last year.
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