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Evening Standard
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Josie Clarke

Sales of jacket potatoes and butter soar as Waitrose customers shun UPFs

Sales of large potatoes have risen (Alamy/PA) -

Sales of jacket potatoes, butter and full-fat products have soared this year as consumers turn away from ultra-processed foods and seek out flavour, according to Waitrose.

The upmarket supermarket said it had seen a “fundamental change” in how customers shopped, influenced heavily by concerns over UPFs and the rise in weight-loss jabs.

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