The Butcher

What The Butcher does

The Butcher (operating as The Butcher By Patrick) is a family-owned artisanal butcher business founded in 1978 and headquartered in Oud Gastel, Netherlands, with a stated headcount of 1–10 employees. It runs two physical sites in Oud Gastel: a retail butcher shop at Kerkstraat 4 and a meat processing atelier (Vleesatelier) at Lagestraat 11, where it slaughters, dry-ages, smokes, cures, and produces house-made charcuterie and daily traiteur (prepared) dishes using a nose-to-tail philosophy.

Its product portfolio spans fresh premium cuts (including specialty BBQ items such as tomahawk and côte de boeuf), curated beef from Blonde d'Aquitaine (Belgium/France) and Simmentaler (Austrian Alps) cattle, Dutch-raised Butcher Pork, ready-to-heat 'Easy Home Dining' meals, and ancillary items such as salads, sauces, and BBQ rental equipment. Services include on-site slaughtering and custom meat processing for customers' own livestock, full-service event catering for weddings, jubilees, communions, and funerals, mobile foodtruck concepts (The Smokey Butcher, De Schnapsalmbar, Barbecuefeest.com), a webshop at webshop.thebutcher.nu, and the Simmie KidsClub loyalty program for children.

Revenue is generated through in-store retail, e-commerce, event catering, and foodtruck event services, primarily to local individual consumers in the Oud Gastel region, with secondary segments in event catering clients and farmers seeking custom slaughter/processing. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; customers are directed to the physical store or to contact the business directly. In 2025 the company explicitly rebranded around a 'boerderijwinkel' (farm shop) concept, leaning into local sourcing as its core narrative.

Name

The Butcher

Legal name

The Butcher

Website

https://slagerijvanelteren.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Artisanal Butchery

NAICS

Meat Retailers (44524), Animal Slaughtering and Processing (3116)

SIC

Sausages & Other Prepared Meat Products (2013), Meat Packing Plants (2011)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYCRAHAHAB

Butcher Shops & Meat Markets

Consumer Products & Retail/Grocery & Food Retail/Fresh Food Specialists (Produce, Meat, Seafood)

SECONDARYAFAKALAD

Further Processing (Cooked, Smoked, Cured & Deli Meats)

Agriculture & Food Production/Food Processing & Manufacturing/Meat Processing (Beef, Pork, Poultry)

SECONDARYAFAKALAE

Ground & Formed Meat Products Manufacturing (Burgers, Sausages, Meatballs)

Agriculture & Food Production/Food Processing & Manufacturing/Meat Processing (Beef, Pork, Poultry)

SECONDARYAFANAEAE

Fermented & Air-Dried Charcuterie (Salami, Pepperoni, Prosciutto-Style)

Agriculture & Food Production/Meat, Poultry & Seafood Processing/Meat Further Processing (Cured, Smoked, Deli Meats, Sausages)

Keywords

• Artisanal butchery services
• Fresh meat retail
• Event catering services
• Custom meat processing
• Charcuterie production

Headquarters

HQ city

Oud-gastel

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Butcher operates an artisanal butcher shop and farm shop in Oud Gastel, Netherlands, selling fresh meat, charcuterie, traiteur products, and ready-to-heat meals. It runs an on-site meat atelier (Vleesatelier) for custom livestock processing and offers event catering and foodtruck services. The business applies traditional methods including dry aging (2 to 6 weeks), smoking, curing, and nose-to-tail processing using curated beef and pork from Belgium, France, and the Austrian Alps.

Product overview

The Butcher By Patrick is an artisanal butcher business in Oud Gastel, Netherlands, founded in 1978. The company operates as a traditional butcher with a physical retail shop and an online webshop. Its product portfolio centers on premium fresh meat (beef and pork) from curated sources including Simmentaler cattle from the Austrian Alps, Dutch pork, and Blonde d'Aquitaine beef from Belgium and France. Core offerings include a full meat selection with specialty cuts for BBQ, ready-to-heat meals (Easy Home Dining), and daily-made traiteur products (snacks and meals). The business operates a meat atelier providing custom meat processing services for customers' own livestock, custom packaging, and recipe-based meat products. Ancient craft services include dry aging (2-6 weeks), smoking and curing, house-made charcuterie and salads, and home slaughter processing. Event services include catering for occasions such as weddings and birthdays, plus foodtruck concepts (The Smokey Butcher, De Schnapsalmbar, Barbecuefeest.com). The company also runs a loyalty program (Simmie KidsClub) and seasonal holiday offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Smokey Butcher: A foodtruck concept offering BBQ specialties
• De Schnapsalmbar
• Barbecuefeest.com
• Simmie KidsClub

Products and services

• The Butcher Shop (De winkel) Physical retail butcher shop at Kerkstraat 4, Oud Gastel, offering fresh meat, BBQ cuts, charcuterie, and traiteur products; most items can be purchased without pre-ordering.
• Webshop

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• ButcherBox: US subscription-based online meat company delivering premium beef, pork, and chicken. Comparable to The Butcher's premium-sourcing and e-commerce channel strategy, although scaled as a national subscription business rather than local shop.
• Crowd Cow: US online meat retailer specializing in curated, traceable beef and pork cuts shipped direct-to-consumer. Comparable to The Butcher's webshop and curated-breed positioning (Simmentaler, Blonde d'Aquitaine), though operating purely online without physical retail.

Direct peers

• The Ginger Pig: UK premium artisanal butcher with multiple farms and shops, dry-aging, and on-site charcuterie. Comparable as a craft butcher brand combining curated livestock sourcing, in-house processing, and retail/catering revenue, although operating at larger scale.
• Brandt & Levie: Amsterdam-based artisanal butcher known for nose-to-tail craft, dry-aging, and house-made charcuterie. Directly comparable to The Butcher in operating model: small craft butcher combining retail, charcuterie production, and restaurant supply.
• Slagerij Ad van de Ven: Dutch regional artisanal butcher offering fresh meat, BBQ assortments, catering, and house-made charcuterie. Comparable to The Butcher as a small traditional Dutch craft butcher combining retail, custom processing, and event catering.
• Boerderijwinkel De Vier Winden: Dutch farm shop selling regional meat and farm products. Comparable to The Butcher as a farm-shop concept combining locally sourced meat, retail, and direct farmer relationships, though without the same depth of in-house charcuterie.

Broad incumbents

• De Groene Weg: Largest organic butcher chain in the Netherlands, operating retail counters across supermarkets. Comparable to The Butcher in meat retail and processing, but at a national scale and with an organic positioning rather than artisanal single-shop identity.
• Keurslager: Dutch franchise cooperative of independent quality butchers sharing branding, sourcing, and quality standards. Comparable to The Butcher as independent butcher retail, with a broader national footprint and shared marketing backbone.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/thebutcher.nu

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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