About
us
THE STORY BEHIND THE
Butchers
Malik Butchers takes immense pride in its enduring legacy and its position as the de facto name in the halal meat sector. Over the years we have attracted a loyal customer base locally and nationally, including many celebrities, footballers and influencers. But it wasn’t always like this… Our story starts all the way back in 1960’s in East Africa, with the political turmoil of the region providing the backdrop, one man’s escape through the commonwealth to Britain followed by three generations of hustlers; who’s blood, sweat and tears culminated in today’s success story.
BRAINS BEHIND THE
Brand
Manny Malik
MARKETING
Adnaan Malik
THE GAFFA
Farooq Hameed
HEAD BUTCHER
HOW IT ALL
started
The journey to what ultimately became Malik Butchers, Deli 64 and The Butchers Kitchen, started in East Africa, where our founder Sardar Ali Malik, a carpenter by trade and construction business owner, decided to follow his hidden passion in food, in particular meat and butchery, and set up “Aziz Butchery” in Nairobi, Kenya (or what was known as the Colony of Kenya and the Kenya Protectorate), in 1958. Back then, the region was a British Colony and part of the British Empire. Following Kenyan Independence in December 1963, there followed a period of mass immigration to the UK.
FIRST OF ITS
Kind
Having helped his sons-in law to establish themselves, and keen to take a step back from the day to day running of the grocery store, and return to his first love of carpentry, Sardar decides in 1974, to sell the business to his son-in-law, Wali Muhammed Malik, for £4,500, which in 2022, equates to almost £40,000 after ad-justing for inflation.
Following the departure of the two remaining sons-in-law who concentrate on their own ventures, Wali now assumes total control, and so begins the associa-tion of the name Malik, with the city of Wolverhampton, as Wali changes the name of the business to “Malik Stores”.
THE MODERN
era
Fast forward to 2020, and following a complete renovation of the premises, costing approximately £150,000, Malik Butchers reopens with a great deal of fanfare, and a completely new, fresh look and feel, finally reflecting and befitting its western style, artisan approach to Halal butchery. Adnaan’s dreams were finally being realised, and products such as Saddle of Lamb, Tomahawk Steaks and Côte de Beouf, were now being offered to the modern, young, professional British Muslim, who now actively sought out different global cuisines and are significantly more adventurous when it comes to food than his/her predecessors.
