Britain’s ‘most costly turkey’ is free vary, consumed nettles, wild blackberries and recent oats and can set you again greater than £360
It’s free range, fed exclusively on nettles, wild blackberries and fresh oats, but the price of this turkey may make your eyes water at a whooping £363.
C Lidgate, a ‘top class’ London based butcher is charging 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 claims results in ‘optimum flavour and texture’ in the ‘slow maturing’ birds.
‘Due to their healthy outdoor existence, they will not look like ordinary hybrid ‘factory’ or mass-produced birds’, the butcher said.
‘The free-range lifestyle results in black feather stubble, which will reduce during cooking and leave a skin renowned for its extra flavour and crispiness.’
They added that they recognise ‘the importance of good feed and welfare in making meat more nutritious and delicious’.
Their birds are sourced from ‘exceptional’ family farmers, they added, which includes King Charles‘s Highgrove Estate.
While a bird costing more than £360 is at the top of the butcher’s range, even a bird weighing in at 2.5kg to 3kg will set you back £81.
C Lidgate, a ‘top class’ London based butcher is charging over £360 for their Woodland Bronze Turkey (pictured) weighing between 12.5kg and 13kg
Shoppers can get a Christmas dinner for six people from Aldi for £25, which comes with turkey and all the trimmings
It beats out Brentwood-based Thomas Joseph Butchery, which 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 maximise the flavour of the meat, comes with 24 pigs in blankets, two kg of sausage meat and a litre of chicken broth for the gravy.
High end supermarkets are also charging a pretty penny for premium birds for Christmas.
The most expensive turkey on the shelves at M&S sits at a whopping £145, with Waitrose flogging birds for as much as £140.
Even the nation’s go-to stores can be found charging a high price for their more premium range of turkeys.
Sainsbury’s has a turkey for £101 on its shelves this Christmas, while Tesco’s most expensive bird comes in at £40 or £35 for Clubcard members.
At Morrisons, a turkey is selling for £38, weighing 2.3kg and is available to buy from the 20 December.
Meanwhile, Asda’s most expensive turkey is a £34 frozen crown that weighs just under 2kg.
By comparison, shoppers can get a Christmas dinner for six people from Aldi for £25, which comes with turkey and all the trimmings.
It comes after Aldi officially launched their 2024 festive range which was filled with old favourites and appealing new additions.
The budget supermarket has been awarded winner of the Good Housekeeping annual Christmas Taste Test, overtaking rival supermarkets including Waitrose, Tesco, M&S, Lidl and more in multiple categories.
