A supermarket butcher has been a bright spark in the otherwise depressing life of Andy (37) after not charging him for a very small amount of extra meat with his order.

“It’s probably the best thing that’s happened to me this year” Andy told Seems Legit.

“I asked for about 200 grams and was about to say ‘close enough’ when he was at 186, but I’m so glad I hesitated.

“He added some more ham and the scales hit 213 before he gave me a wink and dropped the price back to 200 grams worth”.

Seems Legit caught up with some of the butcher’s other customers and discovered that this sort of thing is common practice for the local legend known as ‘Franco’.

“One time I asked for 6 satay chicken kebabs and there were only 8 left. Franco grabbed the lot but of course he didn’t charge me for the last 2” said one his regulars.

“I’m pretty sure they gave me food poisoning, but still, what an absolute hero!”

Another customer came in to get a small pork roast, only to have Franco fetch an entire pig on a spit for no extra cost.

“That was pretty weird, but classic Franco!

“It’s very comforting to see the jovial side of a man who chooses to spend his days hacking at bloody animal flesh”.

Unfortunately it doesn’t look like Franco is going to be chewing the fat with his customers for much longer. The supermarket recently filed for bankruptcy, rumoured to be due to some mysterious loss of produce that has cost the company thousands.