Badsey Butchers

01/11/2026

Erm… hello! 544,676 views in 28 days?! Either we’ve got some new visitors or the lads have spent all day refreshing the page to see if they’ve become celebrities. 🙄

In case you’re new here, we’re Badsey Butchers. A butcher’s shop with an adult crèche running behind the counter. We don’t charge their families for the childcare, although we’ve had a few offer to pay for Sundays. 👶🏼

Their families occasionally ask how they’ve been. We say “no trouble at all” while avoiding eye contact. Anything we need to discuss gets saved until after they’ve been collected. We’re not risking a refusal.

We really do love and appreciate the lads. They make the shop what it is, and the banter is all in good fun. They give as good as they get! 👏

We never know what kind of day someone’s having or what they might be going through. But if a bit of silliness on here or a chat in the shop gives someone a reason to smile, even just for a moment, that means a lot to us. We want you to feel welcome, have a laugh and leave feeling a little brighter than when you arrived. ♥️

Pop in and see us sometime. From our family to yours, we’re award-winning for a reason. Or, as the lads put it… “We sell good meat.” 😏

31/10/2026

A more serious post from us this afternoon. 🤍

Tomorrow marks the start of Movember, raising awareness of men’s mental health and su***de prevention, alongside prostate and testicular cancer.

Throughout November, we’ll have leaflets in the shop with information about local and national charities, how to reach out for support, and signs and symptoms of prostate and testicular cancer.

We want every man reading this to know: you don’t have to face things alone. You don’t need to wait until you’re at breaking point to tell someone you’re struggling. Whatever’s on your mind, you deserve to be heard and cared for.

We’ll also have a basket of biscuits for you to help yourselves to. Take a packet, pop round to a mate’s and put the kettle on. Ask how they’re doing—and give them time to answer. Sometimes, knowing someone has made time for you means more than they realise. Please take one packet each so we can reach as many men as possible.

And if you need a friendly face or someone to listen, come in and see us. You don’t have to buy anything or put on a brave face. You’re always welcome, and you can message us too. We might not have all the answers, but we care, we’ll listen and we’ll help you find support.

A massive thank you to Bloomfield Printers of Alcester for kindly printing our leaflets free of charge, helping us get this information into more hands.

YOU DON’T HAVE TO FACE IT ALONE. 🤍

With love from us all at Badsey Butchers x

31/10/2026

With Blue Planet III starting tomorrow, pop in today for a preview of our own little aquarium. 🐠

Three fascinating specimens behind glass. All respond well to feeding. None have ever been observed replacing an empty toilet roll.

Watch as they glide effortlessly past something that needs doing, before gathering in a small group to discuss when they’re having lunch.🍴

Please don’t tap the glass. They’ll think it’s a round of applause and we’ll never hear the end of it.

Open until 4pm for your weekend meat. After that, they’re released back to their families. We did look into a conservation programme, but nobody wanted them. 😑

30/10/2026

I know the kids are off school, but the trick or treat sweets have been disappearing so fast I thought they’d been robbing their mums’ purses and dads’ wallets and coming in to buy a pack of sausages.

Turns out it’s just the staff. 🙄

Here’s Chris picking up a pack, giving one to Dan, then helping himself to another. Lovely sharing. We’ll be moving on to colours and counting after half term.

I’d tell them off, but then I’d have to listen to “Dan had one” and “Chris gave it to me”, and frankly I haven’t got time to separate them and hear both sides.

Bring the kids in for some sweets. If they could leave a responsible adult behind when they go, that’d be lovely. 😏

30/10/2026

🎶 7 DAYS LEFT TO VOTE! 🎶

Craig David was making love by Wednesday.

I was asking the lads to hold up a sign saying “Please vote for us”.

One covered the word “vote”. One looked like he was being held against his will. The other wanted to know why he had to be in it if he’d already voted.

Then one said, “Make sure you get my good side.”

I went round the back. Apparently that wasn’t what he meant.

We never did get the photo. The sign’s still there if anyone wants to borrow it for a more cooperative group of adults.

Just 7 days left to vote for us in the Love Evesham & Pershore Awards:

❤️ Most Loved Business
📱 Best Local Marketing

We’d really appreciate your vote.

If we win another award, we might even give the lads a sticker. Just like the ones they still get at the dentist for sitting nicely and not biting. 😂❤️

👇 Vote here:

Time to VOTE TO WIN, give a shout out to a local business in the 2026 Love Evesham Awards

29/10/2026

There will have been business owners reading the Budget announcements yesterday with a knot in their stomach, wondering how they’re going to make everything add up. ❤️

People who have put their savings, their time and years of their lives into building something. Who know their customers by name, worry about their staff and lie awake working out how to keep going.

We know how much heart goes into running a small business. And we know that a busy shop or a smiling face behind the counter doesn’t always tell you how things are going.

So please, whenever you can, show your local businesses a little love. Buy something if you’re able to, share their posts, leave a review or recommend them to someone. We know household budgets are stretched too, and those small acts of support mean more than you might realise.

If prices have gone up, please be kind. Behind that decision may be someone who has put it off for months because they know their customers are feeling the pinch as well.

These businesses are part of our everyday lives. The familiar faces, the conversations, the people who ask how your family is and remember the answer.

To any business owner quietly struggling: we see how hard you’re trying, and we’re rooting for you. You deserve the same kindness and support that you give to everyone who walks through your door.

With love,
The Badsey Butchers team x

29/10/2026

Happy Thursday!

I asked the lads what we should tell you about today.

“Tell them we sell meat.”

I said we needed something a bit more exciting.

“Tell them it’s nice.”

Three grown men, all that experience, and I’ve seen more imagination on a sick note.

Anyway, we sell meat. It’s nice. Pop in.

They’re calling it a team effort. One spoke, two nodded and all three looked at me for approval. Like being in a nursery, except I can’t ring their mums to collect them. 😑

28/10/2026

Post from the House of Commons. Briefly wondered if someone had reported the things said behind the counter. Thankfully, it was congratulations 📬

A lovely letter from Nigel Huddleston MP recognising our win as Butcher of the Year, West Midlands 2026 🏆

First the House of Commons, next stop the King. We’ve practised a bow, but getting back up will require two members of staff and something sturdy to hold on to 👑

The lads have been shown the letter. We suggested black tie as the new uniform, but the response wasn’t suitable for parliamentary records.

There was also a brief discussion about a royal wave. When asked to demonstrate theirs, the lads used just one finger. We won’t waste your time telling you which one.

Seriously though, just over a year since taking over, receiving a letter like this means a huge amount. I know I speak to the lads like I do my six-month-old, but they really do make the shop what it is. Similar attention spans, both need feeding regularly, and you can’t leave either unsupervised for long.

We’re so proud of our team and grateful to every customer who supports us ♥️

Thank you to Nigel for taking the time to write such lovely words.

We’re getting it framed. Partly because we’re proud, mainly because “don’t touch that with those hands” is becoming exhausting. 🙄

28/10/2026

Last week you guys cleaned us out of our Badsey Faggots! 🙌

Nothing left. Not even one for my tea. Apparently “support your local butcher” now means personally starving his family. 😂

Plenty in stock at the moment. I asked the lads to save me a couple and they told me to message the page.

So I’ve messaged myself. Lovely woman. Bit underfed. Thinks the staff are useless. We’ve really hit it off. 🙃

27/10/2026

It’s UK Sausage Week, so I asked the lads what makes our Badsey Bangers so special.

“We make them ourselves.”

Lovely. Years of experience between them and I’m getting the same detail as a four-year-old explaining a drawing.

I asked them to expand. They said, “Out the back.”

Pop in this week and grab some for tea. Ask for six and they’ll count them out loud. Dinner and a show. 😂