The Mad Butcher on Chapel Road in Flat Bush, Manukau, is part of the Mad Butcher chain, founded in 1971 by Sir Peter Leitch. The website says the chain supplies meat for barbecues, roasts and everyday meals. Its carcass beef and lamb are NZ Quality Mark certified, its pork is 100% NZ grown, and its chicken comes from Tegel. Meat is delivered to stores fresh each day and cut and packed on site. Master butchers will cut to order and give advice on cooking and carving. The website lists click and collect and home delivery, and a special on bone-in chicken thighs at $5.99 per kilogram as at 2026.
Customers are divided on value. Some find the quality reliable, the staff helpful and the shop always spotless, and praise the range of meat and barbecue items. One says boneless cuts have no stray pieces of bone, unlike at supermarkets. Another finds the prices always expensive, higher than at other Mad Butcher stores, and says a different butcher is much cheaper for similar quality.