E-mail received from customer Deb Harwood:

Thank you Shane! I called up to buy some meat (and collect my 10% discount card) last week, and thought I should try some of the ‘manzo e pomodoro’ sausages, so bought a kg with the rest of my supplies. My husband was going away fishing for a few days with a couple of his friends so I donated some to the cause, and he SMS’d me later that night to say that they were absolutely delicious!

On that basis, I cooked one the next morning for my breakfast, and wholeheartedly agree. It was flavoursome, cut beautifully, and what’s more, there was no popping or spitting as it was cooking, as others bought elsewhere often do. In terms of flavour it stands alone – you need absolutely NOTHING with it, except maybe an egg ...

Congratulations on this sausage creation Shane!! Along with tomato salsa burgers and rib eye steak, they are bound to be another Hill Street Meats favourite for our family.

On the subject of friendly local butchers, as long as they exist, I will continue to support them. Not that you are local to my area though – I travel from Bellerive to buy your meat!! I am constantly dissuading friends and colleagues from purchasing meat from the supermarket, and know that once they make the change to the butcher, they don’t look back.

~ Deb Harwood

E-mail received from customer Janine Brookes:

Hi Shane!

Whole hearted agreement with Deb re local butchers ...

I also don’t live locally but travel to you from Dynnyrne. As a green grocer’s daughter I have always supported small business and have shopped at other local butchers such as Green’s, Vermeys and South Hobart. You have won my loyalty for a few reasons, firstly excellent meat then good prices, great customer service, the loyalty card, weekly specials for we ‘special’ customers and great business savvy ... well done.

Cheers,
~ Janine