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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Zoe Wood

‘The ultimate fakeaway’: posh pizzas take over UK supermarket shelves

Close up of a margherita pizza on a table
Some brands are offering simpler pizzas inspired by Italian styles – though others have launched a cheeseburger pizza and a carbonara flavouring topped with pasta. Photograph: Francesco Riccardo Iacomino/Getty Images

If you were in the mood for pizza the supermarket choice used to be straightforward – fresh or frozen, thin or thick, margherita or pepperoni – but the UK’s growing appetite for posh pizza is bringing little-known Italian regional specialities and outre toppings to the mainstream.

The traditionally budget-friendly food’s move upmarket is in part driven by demand for “fakeaways” where consumers opt for an upmarket ready meal over a takeaway or eating out. At the same time pizza has never been more fashionable with interest in all forms of the Italian staple fuelled by a buzzing restaurant scene.

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