Butchers Equipment Warehouse

Professional butchery equipment from Blackburn

Butchers Equipment Warehouse, company name BEW Supplies Ltd, operates from Apollo House on Ordnance Street (Blackburn) and presents itself as a comprehensive supplier of machinery, tools and consumables for the meat sector. Its catalogue is aimed at both professional butchers and enthusiasts who need specific equipment, and combines leading brands with own-brand references under the BEW name. The company states over thirty years of experience and maintains a physical showroom that can be visited.

Machinery for cutting and processing

The machinery section includes meat band saws, mincers, slicers, tenderisers, mixer grinders, kneaders and sausage fillers. Among the sausage fillers are manual models and Mainca equipment. Also offered are manual burger presses, platform, counter and hanging scales, vacuum packers, overwrapping machines, meat dicers, bowl cutters and tomato machines. The catalogue shows specific equipment such as the Omega C/E205 single-phase band saw or the Omega TA-32X mincer, with indicative prices that the shop presents alongside their previous price.

Knives and edge maintenance

Knives are one of the core areas of the range, with butcher, boning, fishmonger, chef and kitchen knives, as well as cleavers and chopping knives. Brands distributed include Giesser, Victorinox —including its Fibrox, Dual Grip and wood handle lines—, F.Dick with its ErgoGrip and ExpertGrip ranges, Swibo, Dexter Russell, Fischer, Victory, Icel, Taylors Eye Witness, Bargoin, Diekensen and BEW's own brand. The catalogue includes complete butcher knife sets, scabbards, rolls and carry cases, magnetic knife racks, blade guards, sharpening stones and steels, electric and domestic knife sharpeners, adjustable mandolines and knife sterilizers.

Furniture, cutting surfaces and presentation

The furniture range covers Polytop boards and tables, Prestige Italian line butcher blocks and tables, frames for blocks and Polytops, combi tables and stainless steel tables, plus block accessories and domestic wooden chopping boards. For counter display, Araven trays in white and black, white and black melamine trays, Dalebrook San Essential trays, stainless steel trays, price holders, wipeable labels, washable chalk pens, tray dividers and garlands, serving tongs, scoops, skewers and thermometers are sold. The fishmonger section includes specific knives and tools, as well as Polytop and stainless steel tables for this department.

Spare parts, consumables and protection

A significant part of the catalogue is spare parts and consumables: band saw blades and parts, mincer discs and knives, plates, plungers and funnels for sausage fillers, slicer blades and parts, spares for SAP, Mainca and Talsa manual sausage fillers, circuit boards, burger discs, wrapping film and paper, fly killer spares, food grade oil, vacuum packer and retail scale spares, and knife sterilizer parts. Components for sharpeners from Apollo, F.Dick, Bobet, Nirey, Ergo Steel, FAC, Taylors Eye Witness and Chantry are also added, along with polishing and honing compounds. For work protection, chainmail gloves and aprons, cut-resistant gloves and workwear —aprons, coats, overalls and disposable clothing— are offered, together with boning and hanging hooks, needles, trussing bands and twine, hammers and tenderisers, brine pumps, poultry deboning cones and first aid kits.

Sales, shipping and commercial terms

The company sells directly from its UK warehouse and advertises free delivery in mainland GB with next-day delivery, subject to the conditions stated on its website. It has a pricing programme for professional resellers upon registration. The shop warns of possible delays due to Royal Mail strikes and requires customers to be of legal age to order bladed products, with couriers potentially requesting identification. The site shows a rating of 4.5 out of 5 based on 2,072 reviews on Trustpilot, a figure that corresponds to the company's own presentation.

Location and contact

Apollo House, Ordnance Street, Blackburn, BB1 3AE · Phone: 01254 427 761