For over 26 years Choice Farms has been providing families all over Ontario with locally sourced, naturally raised, chemical free, AAA beef, Ontario premium pork; air-chilled, grain-fed poultry raised without and hormones or steroids and wild BC seafood in a freezer filler program.  

Over those years we have heard from some of our families that needs, diets and circumstances do change so we listened and have created Butcher Box to fill that niche.  Families can continue to enjoy our products but don't receive as much at once or need a large freezer thanks to our monthly subscription delivery service.  

You're also able to change, suspend or cancel your order at anytime before the next billing date.  

Now you have the best of both worlds, the ability to purchase the best products with the convenience of monthly deliveries. 

No, of course not, you're able to log into your account and suspend or cancel your order at anytime before the next payment process date.  

Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) is an internationally recognized system for reducing the risk of safety hazards in food.  

All of our products are inspected by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, however HACCP is the highest level of inspections. This is a voluntary certification, it's difficult to get and difficult to keep therefore we work extremely hard to make sure HACCP is followed.  

Most butchers cut all their products in the same cold room.  They'll cut chicken for several hours then clean the cutting table and start to cut beef.  The problem is that if the table was not completely cleaned, there is a chance that the chicken juice will be transferred to the beef resulting in cross contamination.  

For our families, under HACCP, we have separate cutting rooms for each product eliminating the chance of any cross contamination.  

HACCP does not start at our butcher, under these strict regulations, all of our suppliers must also be HACCP certified resulting in only the best and safest product for you and your family.  

We Sell Chicken, Not Water

Most of the chicken sold in local grocery stores is water chilled.  During this process, the producers submerge the chickens in a vat of cold water in order to reduce bacteria.  This creates a few problems.  

1.  Anytime you put anything in water, it takes on the water adding weight to the chicken.  Now instead of paying for chicken, you're also paying for water.

2. As you cook the chicken, the water starts to evaporate or steam the chicken.  The result, the chicken shrinks and tastes rubbery.  

You can see this for yourself, if you've ever purchased chicken in a bag and at the bottom of the bag there is water ... that's the water leaking out of the chicken.  

3.  As the bacteria levels increase in the water, the producers add a food grade bleach to the water .. so now you've just added a chemical to the food that you and your family will be eating.

4.  Some stores, in order to reduce the retail price, pump the chicken.  In this process a syringe containing a saline solution is injected into the chicken, adding more liquid, salt and more weight to the chicken.   

There is a Difference

There is a process called Air Chilled, and just as it sounds, the chickens are cooled by cold air and not water.  This process takes longer adding cost however the difference is significantly noticeable.  

At Butcher Box, we only carry Ontario air chilled, grain fed, free run poultry, raised without any hormones or steroids.  Combine that with the air chilling process and the result is the best tasting, better cooking and safer products for you and your family.   

From freezer to table in 20 minutes

Easily thaw these individual vacuum packed chicken breast in 15 - 20 minutes, season it the way you want and, place it on the BBQ, pan fry or in the oven, there are thousands of ways to enjoy this high quality product while ensuring you're feeding your family only the best.

This is the way chicken should be !!!

Not all beef is created equal, at Butcher Box we carry locally sourced, 100% grass fed, grain finished AAA, pasture raised beef containing the highest marbling ensuring your steak is tender and juicy, every time.  

We also offer 100% grass fed, grass finished beef, which, while believed by many to offer more health benefits than AAA, is not grain finished to produce the marbling requirements for AAA beef.  It is generally a much leaner product, with little to no marbling

Beef is also a excellent source of protein a 3 oz serving of red meat supplies about half the protein an average adult needs in a a daily diet.  This protein contains all the amino acids needed to build muscle and repair tissue which help prevent illness.  Protein is also linked to weight loss, since it satisfies hunger and keeps you satisfied for hours following your meal.  

That's a great question.  Many claim to be 100% Grass Fed however it's also important to know how the animal is finished, is it a grass finish or grain finish?   At Butcher Box, we carry both 100% Grass Fed, Grass Finished and 100% Grass Fed, Grain Finished.

You'll notice the first few beef products are AAA, grass fed then grain finished, which is the most popular type of beef.  With this process the animals are fed 100% grass up until the last few months before going to market, at which point our farmers feed the animals a mixture of grains, increasing the level of marbling resulting in a AAA steak with a buttery texture.  These are the steaks in high demand at fine dinning and high end steak restaurants.  

Our second beef products, which are displayed at the bottom of our product list is 100% Grass Fed, 100% grass finished.  Since the animal is raised only on grass, the meat is less tender however there are several health benefits to eating this product over grain finished.    Since the demand is less, we deal exclusively with one farm out of Peterborough.  

We understand that some people are celiac and some have a gluten sensitivity and that's way we're proud to say that all of our products are gluten free.  

Absolutely.  We know that everyone is different and that's why you're able to select only the items and quantities that you need.  Prior to each process date, you're able to log into your account and change the products as needed. Maybe you enjoy more steaks in the summer and more ground beef or chicken in the winter.  Great, it's easy to make those changes month to month and don't worry, you're never locked in, you can suspend or cancel your order, before the next process date, anytime.   

Why not give it a try?  

Yes you can.  Our staff are also customers and we've found that needs change throughout the year.  We may BBQ our steaks primarily in the summer therefore our summer months have more steaks in our boxes.  In the winter, it's more ground beef for chicken therefore we customize our fall and winter deliveries with those items.  We enjoy seafood year round so we add a little to each month.  

Don't worry about being locked in, even if you customize upcoming deliveries and something changes, simply log into your account and change any future order.. it's so easy.  

Click here for a detailed view.

You can make changes to your order before your next billing/processing date.  From the home screen, log into your account then select manage your subscription, or click on this link for a PDF file which will walk you through making changes to your next order.    

If at anytime you have questions, please call our customer support at 905-593-2648

Of course, we've designed this program to be as flexible as possible so we have 2 options.  

Option 1, log into your account or click http://butcher-box.myshopify.com/tools/checkout/front_end/login

Next click on manage, then upcoming orders.

Then click on the date of your next order and pick a date 2 weeks in the future.  The new date that you select will be the new process date.  The great part is that every future date will also change therefore if you're delivered every 4 weeks, all future orders will change to be 4 weeks from that new date.  

Option 2 is to call our customer support at 905-593-2648 or email info@butcherbox.ca and let us take care of it for you, we're here to help.  

Yes, we've designed this site with you in mind.  In order to make it as easy as possible, the default process date and subsequent delivery date is every 4 weeks.  We understand that you may want to take advantage of the savings with the larger box however that may result in too much meat to eat in 4 weeks.   In that case, simply send us an email at info@butcherbox.ca and we can change that to any frequency that you want.  If the larger box lasts 5 or 6 weeks, tell us and we'll only process and ship that order every 5 or 6 weeks.  

Place your first order to create your account, then send us the email with the required frequency. 

We ship to most of Ontario and most of Quebec.  If you're local to the GTA, we'll deliver in one of our freezer trucks, you'll be contacted by our to confirm the delivery date and time frame.  

If you're outside of our delivery area, we ship overnight via a major courier partner.  The courier orders are packed in a Styrofoam box with dry ice and shipped right to your door.  Using dry ice allows us to keep all your meats frozen until the night of delivery.

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The price you see at checkout is the price you pay .. not a penny more.

You'll typically receive your order within a few business days, you'll receive an email confirming the exact date after the order has been processed.  

We typically deliver in person within our delivery area on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. if you need special delivery, please email jean@butcherbox.ca or call 905-593-2648 and we'll do our best to accommodate.   

For orders outside of our truck delivery area, we'll ship your order using a major courier and of course there is no additional cost to you.  With our courier partners, we ship Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from our plant in Mississauga to arrive at your address within 1 to 2 business days.  

Of course, we recommend this delivery.  Since all of our products are delivered in an insulated box, they will keep frozen until you take it home the night of your delivery.    

No problem, if you live in the GTA, we deliver in our own trucks therefore we'll make sure we deliver on a date and time that you're home.  If you have a busy schedule and have specific time delivery requests, please made sure you let us know prior to delivery and we'll do our best to accommodate. 

We understand, people are busy, that's why we recommend providing your work address and we'll be happy to deliver it right to your office.  

Absolutely, simply log into your account or use this link, https://butcher-box.myshopify.com/account/login?manage-subscriptions

• Click on manage subscriptions
  
• On the "manage: column use the pull down and click on "cancel order".  You may be asked for a reason, simply say that you want to change your order size. This will take you back to the main page where you can select a different size box.
  
• Select your order size, and fill it with the products that you want.  
  

Of course you can.  We're making updates to our site to make it easier however in the meantime, simply order the box  of your choice and make the shipping address as the recipient address.  Once the order is processed, log into your account and cancel your subscription, this will stop any future orders.  

We'll also be happy to add a special note, simply reply to the order confirmation email with what you would like writing on the note and we'll be happy to include this.  

Yes they are.  In order to be transparent, we use a third party review software called Yotpo which will email a customer within 10 days of making a purchase, asking them to review the product that they've purchased.  That review is then automatically published on our site and on the product itself.  

Since privacy is extremely important, we only publish the reviewers first name and first initial of their last name.  

At the end, what you're reading are real reviews from real customers.