The couple pursued the thief after spotting a butcher in his red and white apron chasing the man through Dudley town centre.
When they caught up with him, the have-go-heroes rugby tackled him to the ground and handed the stolen pork and beef back to butcher Steven Homer.
As a thank you he presented the pair with a beef joint for their Sunday lunch.
Tina, aged 43, and her partner of three years Keith, 47, had been out shopping for paint but had made a quick pitstop for a breakfast at a cafe in the town on Saturday morning.
It was while on their way back to their car they saw the extraordinary sight of a butcher chasing a thief complete in his red and while apron.
“We couldn’t believe what was happening, it certainly isn’t something you see everyday,” Tina said.
“The butcher was shouting ‘stop that man, stop that man! “I don’t know what came over us really, really. One second we were standing there the next Keith was chasing after him.
“I decided I might as well run as well. I don’t know how we did it with our shopping going everywhere.
“We caught him up near the Shakespeare pub. Keith leapt and tackled him to the ground.
“I think we both got on top of him. He was struggling away. This bloke was about 6ft 3ins. I’m only about 5ft 2ins and Keith is about 5ft 6ins. I guess it was a surprise for this bloke.”
Tina said when the courageous couple had pinned the thief to the ground, they immediately felt something within his jacket.
“I didn’t know what it was to begin with,” she said. “Then I realised it must be the meat. “When the butchers got to us and we got this bloke to his feet we saw he had four joints of pork and beef in the inside of his puffer jacket.”
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