The cost of living crisis has meant a slump in the amount of stuff we can all afford to buy now - according to the latest figures - but there’s one retail sector which is still noticing an uplift from the Covid pandemic: upmarket butchers.
According to Bristol butcher Dave Kelly, who co-founded Ruby & White on Whiteladies Road in Clifton, his customers ‘haven’t swapped sirloin steaks for braising steak quite yet’.
Speaking as the Office for National Statistics reveals a 1.4 per cent drop in retail sales volumes - literally, the number of things we bought - in March, Mr Kelly said the Covid pandemic is still giving a bit of a boost to their trade.
