The handpicked scallop company
Exeter
The Handpicked Scallop Company dives to the seabed to collect Devon scallops by hand, offering an…
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9 independent butchers, fishmongers and producers serving Exeter and nearby. See opening times, products, current offers and delivery or collection information where published.
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Exeter
The Handpicked Scallop Company dives to the seabed to collect Devon scallops by hand, offering an…
Exeter
Shillingford Organics grows organic, seasonal vegetables, salad, herbs and fruit on an agroecological farm three miles…
Exeter
Organic vegetables, salad, herbs and eggs grown on 27 acres and 9 polytunnels at Shillingford Abbot,…
Exeter
Fishes has traded as a fishmonger and seafood wholesaler in St Thomas, Exeter since 1987, working…
Exeter
Beef from a herd of pedigree Red Ruby Devon cattle, dry aged on the bone for…
Exeter
Martinsfield Farm raises livestock and this year has begun growing field-scale vegetables on the Killerton Estate.…
Exeter
Home-grown beef, lamb and potatoes fill the counters here, raised by the May family on their…
Exeter
Pale Farm Turkeys is a small, family-run business near Exeter in Devon, hand-rearing free-range and barn-reared…
Exeter
Cariad's Poultry sells a large variety of birds in Devon, ranging from day-old chicks to point-of-lay…
A butcher that has traded in Exeter for years is not just another listing.
It creates work, buys from suppliers, keeps specialist knowledge on the high street and gives residents another route for an everyday purchase besides the supermarket.
Understead makes businesses like this easier to find because independence only survives where it remains usable.
A place is partly made by the people who grow there, make there, trade there and give residents a way to buy something from somebody nearby rather than from an anonymous supply chain.
Understead makes those people visible enough to use.
Your nearest useful class may be in the next town or village. Change your location or distance and see what else is nearby.
These independent local butchers publish their own opening, product and sourcing information.
These independent fishmongers sell fresh fish and shellfish, with sourcing information where the business supplies it.
Farm-gate eggs, honesty boxes and shops selling local eggs: free-range only where the producer states it.
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Then you should be here.
Understead is trying to make the productive life of Exeter visible: the growers, farms, makers and independent shops that are easy to overlook when most local buying starts with a national search result.
Add your business or claim the page we've already started. Show what you produce, where people can get it and how they can buy from you directly.
Keep your own website, contact details, socials and booking routes. Keep your information accurate. Let people nearby find you directly.
Your place here comes from what you do and where you do it, not from buying better visibility.
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9 independent butchers, fishmongers and producers currently list on Understead in and around Exeter, and more are added as they are found or add themselves.
Compare the independent people, places, times and prices already here, or widen the search and see what is happening just beyond town.
The more of your place you can see, the easier it is to take part in it.
Know your place. Take part in it. Support the people who make it what it is.
Updated 4 Nov 2026, counts refresh from live listings.