It’s free range, fed exclusively on nettles, wild blackberries and fresh oats, but the price of this turkey will make your eyes water: a whopping £363.
C Lidgate, a top class butcher from London, charges over £360 for their Woodland Bronze Turkey weighing between 12.5kg and 13kg.
The bird is fed a diet of wild blackberries, fresh nettles and freshly grown oats, which the butcher says results in ‘optimal taste and texture’ in the ‘slow-maturing’ birds.
“Because of their healthy outdoor life, they will not look like ordinary hybrid ‘factory’ or mass-produced birds,” said the butcher.
‘The free-range lifestyle results in stubble of black feathers, which shrink during cooking, leaving a skin known for its extra flavor and crispiness.’
They added that they “recognize the importance of good feed and welfare to make meat more nutritious and delicious.”
Their birds come from “exceptional” family farmers, she added, including King Charles’s Highgrove Estate.
While a bird costing more than €360 will be at the top of the butcher’s range, even a bird weighing 2.5 to 3kg will cost €81.
C Lidgate, a top London butcher, is asking over £360 for their Woodland Bronze Turkey (pictured) weighing between 12.5kg and 13kg
Shoppers can get a Christmas dinner for six at Aldi for £25, including turkey and all the trimmings
It beats Thomas Joseph Butchery from Brentwood, who is selling a herb-fed, free-range turkey for £235.
But the 10kg turkey, which is fed a nutritious diet and hung for ten days after being dry-plucked to maximize the flavor of the meat, comes with 24 pigs in blankets, two kg of sausage meat and a liter of chicken stock for the gravy.
Luxury supermarkets also charge a pretty penny for premium birds at Christmas.
The most expensive turkey on the shelves at M&S costs a whopping £145, while Waitrose flogs birds for as much as £140.
Even the country’s major stores charge a premium for their more expensive range of turkeys.
Sainsbury’s has a turkey for £101 on shelves this Christmas, while Tesco’s most expensive bird costs £40 or £35 for Clubcard members.
At Morrisons, a turkey sells for £38, weighing 2.3kg, and goes on sale from December 20.
Meanwhile, Asda’s most expensive turkey is a £34 frozen crown, which weighs just under 2kg.
By comparison, shoppers can get a Christmas dinner for six, including turkey and all the trimmings, for £25 at Aldi.
It comes after Aldi officially launched their 2024 festive range, which was filled with old favorites and attractive new additions.
The budget supermarket has been named the winner of the annual Good Housekeeping Christmas Taste Test, overtaking rival supermarkets such as Waitrose, Tesco, M&S, Lidl and more in multiple categories.
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