PERTH residents will soon have the opportunity to have Q Lamb delivered to their door.
   Roy and Melinda Addis have set up a business that will market lamb to households and restaurants in Perth and have teamed up with Q Lamb, which will provide the product.
   Roy and Melinda previously farmed at Nyabing before moving to Perth with a view to setting up the business.
   They also ran the Ashbourne White Suffolk stud, which continues to operate in conjunction with Roy's brother-in-law.
   Roy said he had the idea of marketing prime lamb direct to householders and restaurants for some time.
   It was only through a conversation with fellow studbreeder Graham Sutherland at last year's Perth Royal Show that the wheels were put in motion.
   Graham was involved with Q Lamb in it's very early days and suggested to Roy that he contact the Q Lamb group to see if they would be interested in his venture.
   Roy initially met with Hillside Meats owner Polly Trefort, who processes the Q Lamb.
   Roy said Polly's reaction was all it took to convince this that his idea could work.
   "I wanted to run the idea past Polly, he obviously has a lot of experience in the industry and I thought if he told me that it wouldn't work then I would forget about it," Roy said.
   "But he was very enthusiastic about the idea and said he had wanted to do something like this for the last five years.
   "That was all the inspiration I needed to follow it through."
   Roy and Melinda will run the venture as their own stand alone business, but have full use of the Q Lamb product and brand.
   "To have Q Lamb involved is a big coup for us," he said.
   "They product a consistent quality product and that is very important to what we are trying to do.
   "Hopefully this will increase the exposure of a wider customer base to the lamb, which can only be a good thing for commercial producers.