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Toffee Crisp and Blue Riband can't be called chocolate since recipe change

The bars are now being described by Nestlé as being "encased in a smooth milk chocolate flavour coating"

Evening Standard

Chocolate, coffee, toothpaste and even heartburn medicine among worst shrinkflation examples, Which? finds

Consumers struggling with cost of living crisis now also face fresh wave of so-called shrinkflation

The Independent UK

Gaviscon and coffee among ‘shrinkflation’ piling pressure on household budgets

Coffee, toothpaste and even Gaviscon products are dwindling in product size while costing the same or even more, Which? has found.

Evening Standard

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‘If you use chocolate, you’re in crisis’: the surprise ingredients being used to beat costs

As costs and demand for chocolate rises – but cocoa yields fall – companies are innovating with surprising alternatives

The Guardian - UK

Why Penguin bars can no longer be described as ‘chocolate’

Cocoa prices have soared as farmers Ivory Coast continue to struggle without fair markets

The Independent UK

If you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit … look away now

Club and Penguin bars are now ‘chocolate flavour’ after owner McVitie’s cuts cocoa content amid soaring prices

The Guardian - UK

Tim Key: ‘I imagine Alan Partridge smells lightly of Brut aftershave’

The comedian, actor and poet behind The Ballad of Wallis Island on stalking an England cricket captain, being evicted in Edinburgh and his love for fig rolls

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McVitie’s owner invests £68 million into factories across the UK

Turkish-owned snacking giant Pladis said investment funds will be used to boost manufacturing capacity and productivity across its factories.

The Independent UK

McVitie’s owner invests £68 million into British factories

Turkish-owned snacking giant Pladis said investment funds will be used to boost manufacturing capacity and productivity across its factories.

Evening Standard

McVitie’s issues ‘warning’ to museum over biscuit or cake debate (cloned)

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The Independent UK

Crumbs! Biscuit museum’s Jaffa Cake display reignites old debate

Manufacturer sends pun-packed letter asking for exhibit to be removed, saying the clue to item’s status is in the name

The Guardian - UK

London Biscuit Museum forced to pull Jaffa Cake exhibit after backlash from McVitie’s

The Bermondsey-based Biscuit Museum launched the display on June 30 to celebrate the chocolate-orange treat

Evening Standard

Organic Food Champion King Charles Reveals His Love For Unusual Two-Ingredient Snack

Kingly cravings hit different.

Marie Claire

UK ‘icons’ depicted in biscuit form to mark 100 years of chocolate digestive

Mosaic artist Ed Chapman has created biscuit portraits of famous British people using McVitie’s chocolate digestives.

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

Taking the biscuit: for 100 years we’ve been eating chocolate digestives wrong

McVitie’s reveals chocolate side should be down to fire up taste buds

The Independent UK

Turns out we’ve been eating chocolate digestives wrong all this time

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The Independent UK

We’ve been eating chocolate digestives wrong, says McVitie’s biscuit factory boss

The crumbly staple was first introduced by McVitie’s a century ago

The Independent UK

Judge me on growth, says Reeves as she faces Budget backlash from business

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said she was ‘not immune’ to the difficulties facing businesses but there was no alternative to her Budget tax raid.

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Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves tells angry business leaders there was 'no alternative' to Budget tax rises

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said she was ‘not immune’ to the difficulties facing businesses but there was no alternative to her Budget tax raid.

The Independent UK

McVitie’s parent firm warns UK investment case ‘harder to understand’

Salman Amin said Labour’s lack of focus on food and drink in its industrial plans is a ‘glaring omission’.

Evening Standard

Former Waitrose boss attacks "extraordinarily penal" NI reforms

McVitie’s boss Salman Amin also attacked Labour saying “it’s becoming harder to understand” the case for investment in the UK

GoodToKnow

McVitie's is launching a new Jaffa Cake flavour but we still can't decide if it's a biscuit or a cake

The controversial biscuit/cake snack is getting a makeover from its traditional zesty orange taste

Liverpool Echo

McVitie's new chocolate digestive flavour that's 'begging to be dunked'

It's understood the new flavour will become a permanent addition to the range

Daily Mirror

McVitie's unveils brand new chocolate digestive flavour and fans are salivating

Biscuits giant McVitie's has unveiled its brand new chocolate digestive flavour ahead of the 100th anniversary of McVitie's Milk Chocolate Digestives, and fans say their 'dream has come true'

Wales Online

More than one in three Brits have argued - about biscuits, research finds

The top cause of cookie contention is people tucking into the second layer of a 'posh' tin of biscuits - before the first layer is finished

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