Customers at Gratton’s Butchers now have the choice to buy their meat in either imperial or metric quantities.

A law enforced by the EU in 1995 meant all measuring devices to be displayed in metric quantities when used in trade or retail.

But butcher Darren Gratton said a lot of his customers who voted to ditch Brussels wanted their meat sold in pounds and ounces – the older imperial method.

Gratton, from Barnstaple, Devon, said: “The next step is to speak to North Devon Council and if they say we can go back to pounds and ounces then we will do.

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“All the customers wanted it back in pounds.

“It seems like in north Devon everyone’s for it. I think it will be better for local farmers.”

The two main systems for measuring distances and weight are the Imperial System of Measurement, which is done in kilograms, and the Metric System of Measurement – which measures in pounds and ounces.

Gratton said the shop’s scales measured in kilograms but he can still work “with both” systems.

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