About Primal Supply Meats
Primal Supply Meats is a Philadelphia-based butchery and local sourcing company. Since 2016, we’ve been building a supply chain to connect regional farmers and slaughterhouses to restaurants, chefs and home cooks who care about sourcing local, sustainably raised meats.
In the of Spring 2018 we opened a brick-and-mortar butcher shop on East Passyunk Avenue in South Philadelphia. In 2019 we opened our Butchery & Market in Brewerytown which serves as the companies headquarters for operations. Our wholesale program gives chefs access to sustainably raised whole animals, has helped put pasture-raised meats on the menus at restaurants in and around the city. The Butcher’s Club, our weekly subscription service for fresh-cut packages of meat, is available for home cooks at pickup locations around Philadelphia in partnership with local businesses.
Heather Marold Thomason pictured at our Brewerytown Butchery & Market by Jason Varney
Heather Marold Thomason, Butcher & Founder
Heather left a successful career in graphic design in order to pursue the trade of whole animal butchery and a passion for supporting local, sustainable food systems. To train, she apprenticed at North Mountain Pastures in Newport, PA, where she learned to raise pastured animals from birth to slaughter. While there, she partnered with local farmers to better understand their daily operations and inefficiencies. She then furthered her training in Berkeley, California at The Local Butcher Shop. Heather relocated to Philadelphia in 2014 to serve as the opening Head Butcher and Manager of the butcher shop at Kensington Quarters.
Heather recognized that Philadelphia was prime for community building and change within its food supply chain and in 2016, she founded Primal Supply Meats, a modern butchery committed to whole animal practices.
our BUTCHER shops
Our two brick-and-mortar retail locations offer a curated selection fresh-cut meat, house-made prepared foods, and small-batch grocery items. Keep an eye on our social media for regular updates on current availability and new products. And don’t miss Sandwich Saturday! We look forward to seeing you soon.
Brewerytown
Primal Supply Meats Butchery & Market
1521 N. 31st Street
Philadelphia, PA 19121
(location permanently closed)
South Philly
Primal Supply Meats Butcher Shop
1538 East Passyunk Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19147
(location permanently closed)
Shop ONline for pickup or home delivery
Our web store features a complete offering of pasture-raised meats and prepared foods from our kitchen. Order up to 2 weeks in advance for pickup or home delivery Wednesday through Saturday.
Pickups are available at our South Philly and Brewerytown locations. Local home delivery is available in Philadelphia as well as local PA and NJ suburbs.
the Primal Supply Butcher’s Club
Our Butcher’s Club is a pay-as-you-go subscription meat program available at pickup locations in and around Philadelphia. When you commit to buying meat in advance, we are able to source the highest quality beef, pork and poultry direct from local farmers on your behalf.
Packages of fresh, pasture-raised meats are available in three sizes, weekly or alt-weekly, and able to be placed on hold at any time. Delivery add-ons include items like eggs and fancy steaks as well as bundles of prepared foods from our kitchen and fresh local produce. Our Butcher’s Club is flexible and adaptable to the needs of home cooks.
