A NEW business will deliver meat straight to your door.

Brighton-based catering trade wholesaler Blakes Foods lost its entire market overnight when the hospitality industry collapsed as a result of Government closures of pubs, restaurants and cafes in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.

But it has bounced back with Brighton Express Meats, with a free next day home delivery service offering “high welfare, high quality family meat” box deliveries.

It turned round the new business to support the community in just two weeks and is already providing a home delivery meat service with 150 deliveries per day.

Director Greg Thatcher said: “It has been a terrible time for all our friends in the hospitality industry, but people still need to eat well and are cooking at home.

“Our no-contact home delivery can offer a safer alternative to going out to the shops at this difficult time and the response from local people has been amazingly positive.

“We are delighted to be able to continue to distribute our superb meat, mostly reared by Sussex farmers, which we normally sell to chefs across the county.”

Brighton Express Meats can deliver to homes in Brighton and Hove and a 20-mile radius around the city, including Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath, Lewes, Newhaven, Shoreham and Worthing and everywhere in between, offering packs of meat with a range of meals, covering from one to two weeks, for families of all sizes.

High-welfare chickens, sausages, bacon, steak, lamb and beef roasts and pre-chopped chicken and beef for stews and casseroles are all available for free next day delivery, if an order is placed by 4pm the day before.

Prices include 40 rashers of bacon for £12.50, four sirloins of 8oz finest beef steaks for £9.99 and 5kg of chicken fillets for £24.99.

A “mega value” pack of meat can be purchased for £94.99. It includes 5kg of chicken fillets, 3kg of finest steak mince, 48 hand-made butchers sausages, 40 rashers of unsmoked bacon, 30 eggs and 2kg of diced beef steak.

Final orders taken on Friday will be delivered Saturday morning and Monday to Friday deliveries will be delivered between 8am and 6pm.

Customers must be in to accept the delivery, where the goods are fresh and perishable.

Where possible, specific afternoon and morning delivery slots will be informed to customers.

The company said customers are already giving the service rave reviews, complementing the high quality meat as well as the simplicity of ordering and speed and efficiency of delivery.

It also says it is currently up to 15 per cent cheaper than the cheapest leading supermarket prices on selected lines.

A spokesman said: “Our friendly staff will be on hand to take your order over the phone and confirm details of your delivery. Orders can be paid for easily over the phone debit card, or cash on delivery.”

Brighton Meat Express is also offering a ten per cent discount to NHS workers. For more information about the service, visit www.brightonexpressmeats.co.uk.