976bar your local butchers meat can be traced to what farm, how old, where born and what farmer raised the animal, my local butcher had a customer that purchased a whole leg of lamb, then about 2-3 weeks later received another visit from the food inspectors and his meat products all passed, you see butchers can sell "cheap" meat if they wish to do so but many of them tend to sell meat that can be traced to give the customer a better cut of meat and quality of meat.
I buy in bulk chicken breasts from my butcher and i get each chicken breast (which serves two people) for around the 1.25 GBP each all depends on how many i buy.
Keep well clear of Farmfoods frozen cubed chicken, bland, even in a curry, just no taste what so ever.
I also get my lamb mince from Halal butcher at Sandhars in Dudley 4.99 GBP for 1kg, perfect for kebabs and keema recipes and chicken thighs 3.50 GBP for 1kg perfect for tikka and kebab recipes.