Our heritage takes us back to 1916 when the first Murdoch Brothers, and their farming family, established a Butchers Shop and Fishmongers in Forres, Moray. Four generations later Master Butchers, brothers Graham and Ronnie Murdoch, are specialists in manufacturing award-winning meat products and meat pies in their SALSA accredited premises.
Aiden Murdoch, Ronnie's son, now runs the bakery producing meat pies and pastry products for distribution across the North East of Scotland and beyond. Find Murdoch's fresh meat and pies in supermarkets and convenience stores across the North East from Evanton to Aberdeen!
Aiden Murdoch, Ronnie's son, now runs the bakery producing meat pies and pastry products for distribution across the North East of Scotland and beyond. Find Murdoch's fresh meat and pies in supermarkets and convenience stores across the North East from Evanton to Aberdeen!
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The Murdoch Butchers story begins in1916 when the farming family established a Butchers Shop on the High Street in the Royal Burgh of Forres. In those days Forres was a busy market town located only three miles from the Moray Firth coast. The family used traditional farming methods and were also well known locally for breeding high quality working horses.
Murdoch Butchers was established 1916 and more than 100 years on we're still going strong! Our team of butchers, bakers, cooks, shop assistants and support staff maintain the standards and reputation of the award-winning meat products and pies we produce. At various times we have job and career opportunities for enthusiastic, dependable and hard-working local people to join our team.
If you're looking for a great deal on fresh meat or pies online we always aim to have a seasonal selection of special offers available. We know you're looking for great quality meat, and at a reasonable price. So, we're aiming to give you good value on the things you enjoy most of. We've worked hard to select the best quality meat we can find and use our expertise and craft to bring you a good range of products, offers and deals.
If you're looking to buy meat boxes online, we offer a range of specially selected meat boxes or 'hampers' for stocking up your freezer. All available for nationwide delivery. We want to make it easy for you to fill your fridge and freezer with the best quality meat, at a good price. So, we've selected our best-selling meat cuts and seasonal specials and bundled them together to give you discounts on individual purchase prices.
Our father, Danny Murdoch, started making pies and selling them to the local people of Forres in the 1960s, but it was our mother, Margaret Murdoch, who made the first ever Murdoch's steak pie! A forgotten order for a steak pie from the local baker (who we supplied with steak), for one of our local customers led to the first Murdoch's pie being made in our kitchen when we were boys.
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John
Aug 19, 2021
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While visiting the local area of Lossiemouth and Findhorn earlier this month, I stopped off in the lovely little town of Forres, where I visited among other shops, Murdoch Butchers, in the high street. I purchased a few Pork sausages, along with two large mince/onion pies, I have to say, and I have to say, that the service of the staff was very good.
On arriving home, and feeling a little hungry, I decided to try one of one of the mince/pies with mashed tatties and garden peas, when upon tasting the pie, I soon realised that what a mistake I had made! I should have bought half a dozen!!
The mince
On arriving home, and feeling a little hungry, I decided to try one of one of the mince/pies with mashed tatties and garden peas, when upon tasting the pie, I soon realised that what a mistake I had made! I should have bought half a dozen!!
The mince
Ichabod Tynie
Jun 21, 2021
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Mcdermc
Jan 29, 2021
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Murdoch Brothers Butchers, 10-12 High Street, Forres, Moray, IV36 1DB, Scotland are Scotch Pie World Championship Winners! Established 1916 they offer quality products through their Forres High Street shop and (thankfully) also online.
We're an exiled Scot based in England, and thrilled to receive a home delivery today of Scotch Pies and "Bridies" securely packaged & safely arrived. Small world, eh?
We're an exiled Scot based in England, and thrilled to receive a home delivery today of Scotch Pies and "Bridies" securely packaged & safely arrived. Small world, eh?
Campbel Cowie
Jan 25, 2021
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Louise Harrison
Dec 01, 2020
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So pleased to discover the online shop as was wondering how we would get our fix of murdochs Xmas trimmings now that we don't live near Forres. Great hone delivery service, well packed and all my requests like vacuuming in different size packs and adding Cajun stir fry to order all done with no.problems. Will be ordering again without doubt!!
Claire Kilbon
Aug 29, 2020
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Andrea Neglia
Jul 02, 2020
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Andy Simpson
May 17, 2020
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Denise Powell
Jan 01, 2020
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David Thomson
Mar 23, 2019
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Heather Henderson
Jan 13, 2019
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Andrew Mckie
Dec 04, 2018
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Justin Clark
Sep 07, 2017
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David Hughes
Jul 21, 2017
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Gary Bonavia
Dec 12, 2014
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I love my Scotch pies.
I don't buy them in Enland as they're never as good at all.
Scotch pies have been made with mutton since the middle ages.
They still are in all the bakeries in Glasgow I use. Spiced Mutton.
If you look up Scotch pie on the internet it says they are made of mutton.
NOT AT MURDOCH BROTHERS!! They make them from BEEF.
This is not authentic and NOWHERE on the site does it tell you the ingredients.
I could have gone down the road had pie and mash!!!
I was expecting a box of REAL Scotch Pies. Now my Asian Hindu partner and her family can't enjoy them.
I rang to ask why
I don't buy them in Enland as they're never as good at all.
Scotch pies have been made with mutton since the middle ages.
They still are in all the bakeries in Glasgow I use. Spiced Mutton.
If you look up Scotch pie on the internet it says they are made of mutton.
NOT AT MURDOCH BROTHERS!! They make them from BEEF.
This is not authentic and NOWHERE on the site does it tell you the ingredients.
I could have gone down the road had pie and mash!!!
I was expecting a box of REAL Scotch Pies. Now my Asian Hindu partner and her family can't enjoy them.
I rang to ask why
