Welcome to Laidlaw Butchers
Since the Paxton family moved their butcher's business out of Aberdeen Market and into a former Fabric shop in a close between Union Street and the St Nicholas Centre there has been no looking back.

The current owner Andrew Paxton's grandfather bought the business from John Laidlaw in the 1960's.  Andrew's father and uncle continued the business relinquishing control to Andrew in 1996.  Andrew worked at Donald Russell for six years serving four of those as Production Manager before performing the same role at salmon exporter John Ross Junior. 

Having returned to the family business in 1996 he took time out to look at shopping patterns in the City Centre lingering on street corners for a number of days. Andrew noticed an unusually high number of shoppers used the McCombie’s Close.  A lease was confirmed and the conversion of the shop unit to be a butchers involved inconsiderable investment.  With good Aberdonian thriftiness and re-utilisation of his existing refrigeration Andrew was able to exact a transformation that thrust his business forward.