Scotland's only premier chilled food service to the Catering trade.

Highly regarded as one of the premier catering butchers McLays have developed their expertise and product range to include to include top quality fresh meat, market fresh fruit and vegetables, dairy, cheese and fine foods supplied to hotels, restaurants, pubs, clubs, canteens and production kitchens throughout Scotland.

A Member of

Scottish Butchers Club

The Castle of Mey is located on the coast of Caithness, Scotland about 6 miles west of John O' Groats. His Royal Highness The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay is the president of the Castle of the Mey Trust and in 2005 he launched the North Highland Initiative which aims to promote the development of the North Highlands of Scotland. One of the aims of the Prince's Initiative is to foster closer connections between farmers, fine food producers and consumers. Mey Selection is the brand name of North Highlands Product Ltd- a company formed by Caithness farmers - to select and source supplies of the highest quality farming and food products from the North Highlands. All Mey Selections' products originate from within 100 miles radius of the Castle of Mey.

The North Highlands has a landscape, a history, and a people who have a special connection with the land and with food production. Our area's traditional family-farms and crofts have a unique ability to meet assurance and traceability requirements.Our food and drink companies produce a range of quality foods using the best ingredients and traditional recipes including traditional beef, and sheep breeds such as; Aberdeen Agnus, Charolais, Limousin, Blackface and Cheviot.

Mey Selections encapsulates the finest quality and the highest standards in food production. Our aim is to deliver only the best quality of food to discerning customers and to ensure a sustainable future for local farmers and food producers

A good relationship with an experienced butcher is fundamental to sourcing the best quality meat for your kitchen.

Today's butcher has developed to meet the changing needs of customers and these days he, or she, requires years of training in preparation, ageing of meat and all aspects of health and safety before they are fully qualified.

Look out for a Scotch Butchers Club member to be sure you are buying top quality Scotch Beef, Scotch Lamb and Specially Selected Pork.

Scotland is renowned for producing some of the world's finest beef, lamb and pork. It's a reputation built on generations of experience in raising livestock. It's this experience that delivers that most important thing. Taste.

Scotch Beef, Scotch Lamb and Specially Selected Pork comes from farms across this beautiful land. Each one is independently inspected each year to ensure our rigorous standards are met. So, you can be sure that where you see the Scotch Beef and Scotch Lamb symbol you know that the meat you are buying is of an outstanding quality.

Always look for the PGI Promise. PGI stands for Protected Geographical Indication. It's a European wide scheme to help you identify high quality products which are unique to a region. Scotch Beef and Scotch Lamb hold this coveted PGI status.

At McLays, we adhere to a rigorous HACCP Audit and Quality Assurance Programme, which means we audit our suppliers at regular intervals. We won't sign off any order unless we're 100% happy with it, giving you the reassurance that when you buy from McLays, you're buying quality produce.

EFSIS ( European Food Safety Inspection Service ) "Higher Level" Accreditation

Great Service and Integrity are our key values.To this end, each of our employees undergo rigorous and ongoing training, keeping up to date with the latest practices and procedures - ensuring you, the customer, the highest level of service. We provide our customers with a service they can rely on. A family owned business, we have been supplying top quality meat to restaurants and catering business for over 60 years and understand the demands facing busy chefs. Our aim is to provide our customers with the very best specialist butcher and fresh produce service:

• Convenient Ordering - order at a time and in a way which suits you.
• Accredited to BRC Standards - providing you with assured quality and complete 'due diligence' cover on your HACCP system.
• Dedicated Account Manager - guarantee an immediate response to any issues or requests you have.
• Weekly Special Offers - maximise the value of our service by reducing your food costs and improve your menu offering without compromising on the high quality standards.

Read what our valued customers say:-

"We've saved time and improved quality by buying our meat and fresh produce from McLays" - Paul O' Donnell Catering

"Buying all of our fresh produce from McLays gives me more time to focus on what I'm good at" - Dunmar House Hotel, Alloa

Our experienced buying team source products from far and wide, ensuring we supply the very best in produce at the best available price. We supply the products in fully equipped vehicles to ensure that you receive the fresh and high quality products.

With a product range of 850 lines, we're confident that you'll find something that both you and your customers like. Please clink on the link to download our product brochure (Updated Regularly)!

Download Product Brochure

Here-in you will find a plethora of the finest Haggis products - 140 years in the making - known affectionately as "The McKean Family of Haggis" each of which have differing applications. Each product page has full details to help you decide the best, most suitable product for your own use.