Butcher wanted in La Selva del Camp (Baix Camp). Stable long-term job. Morning hours (including Saturday) and afternoons from Monday to Friday. Experience and skill with knives essential. Income guarantee and, above all, absolute guarantee of recognition from the village elders, who are already starting to suffer. "This business of eating well is over," laments Maria, as she leaves Miquel and Pepita's butcher shop. "It's been talked about for a while – she continues – but I prefer not to ask," she says. By the end of the year, the three butcher shops in the village will close, and the only option for the 5,700 residents of Selva to buy meat within the municipality will be to go to the supermarket. For some neighbors, like Maria, this is an unprecedented upheaval. "You don't know how much my grandchildren enjoy it when they come to my house and try grandma's hamburgers... My daughter goes to the supermarket, which is another price, but of course..." concludes the neighbor.

The historic delicatessen and butcher shop Can Pericus in Banyoles is in luck. This legendary family business, founded in 1899, has been honored with the National Award for Centenary Establishments, a recognition given by the Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan Government) to businesses that have been in business for more than a century. The award honors the more than 125 years of experience of this late 19th-century butcher shop, which is now located in a space in the old town and another under the arches of Plaça Catalunya, just a stone's throw from the lake. Over the years, Can Pericus has become a benchmark throughout the Girona region, adapting the classic offering of cured meats and fresh meat of certified origin with a vast assortment of high-quality prepared and cooked dishes. Dozens of customers from the town pass through every day, but also many residents of Girona and Olot who make a special stop each time they visit the lake and take the opportunity to fill their fridges.