The Local Choice For Fine Butchery
About Our Company
Blue Ridge Meats of Front Royal was the dream of Doug Aylestock.
Doug and his wife Lois live on a sheep farm in Berryville, with their two sons and Doug’s father, Harold. Doug was raised in Loudoun County, VA, where he was surrounded by dairy farms, country stores, hunting, fishing, and relishing in country life. In 1992, Doug brought his future wife, Lois, into the business, and with her management and marketing experience, they decided to take it mainstream. Several years later, Blue Ridge Meats, Inc. in Sterling, VA, was processing an excess of 1500 deer per year, and Doug offered his culinary skills with such items as cooked sausage, summer sausage, Bologna, Jerky, and many varieties of fresh Deer sausage products for his customers. Soon, the farmers came, and the requests began to pour in. The opportunity to expand his dream to a USDA facility to process beef, lamb, and pork (and a much-needed service for area farmers) launched in 2006, when he and Lois bought the Guard Hill Meats facility. With the addition of state-of-the-art coolers, freezers, and machinery, Doug and his crew were ready to go. Now with a full line of finer processed items, Blue Ridge Meats is on the cutting edge of meat processing in Virginia.
We Care
We Are Humane
Our staff and facility are Animal Welfare Approved, and we work hard every day to earn that. We know these animals represent your livelihood and your care, so we treat them with the same respect you do.
Where we are
Our Location & Service
Your Local Butcher, located in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, is conveniently situated between I-81 and I-66, making us an easy destination for producers and customers across Northern Virginia and the surrounding region. We're not just geographically in the heart of this community; we're a part of it. Locally rooted, proudly serving the valley and beyond.