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‘A malevolent festive Jammie Dodger’: the best (and worst) supermarket mince pies, tasted and rated

Who better to sort the mush from the lush than our in-house perfectionist Felicity Cloake and our resident baker Benjamina Ebuehi?

The Guardian - UK · Dec 6, 2025

What links Amy Adams, Teri Hatcher and Margot Kidder? The Saturday quiz

From Cecil at Waitrose and Slinky at Tesco to an app designed to be deleted, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

The Guardian - UK · Dec 6, 2025

‘Best eaten with a hangover’: the best (and worst) supermarket Christmas crisps, tasted and rated

’Tis the season for novelty crisps – from the delicious to the downright deranged. Crisp-addict Ravinder Bhogal crunched through the lot to find the festive flavours worth snacking on

The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2025

Weight loss jabs encourage shoppers to swap meals for snacks

More than 1.5 million people are thought to be using weight loss drugs in the UK

The Independent UK · Dec 3, 2025

‘Delicious, glossy … beautiful hot and cold’: the best Christmas ham joints, tasted and rated

Free-range and organic gammon is hard to find in supermarkets, so we’ve gone online for the best choices for your festive table

The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2025

Chop and change: pork is ‘new beef’ for money-saving Britons, report finds

As beef price inflation soars to 27%, customers are turning to cheaper pork alternatives, Waitrose says

The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2025

What's driving the great carb comeback?

For decades it was the pariah food group, but now the middle class is rediscovering the joys of carbohydrates once again

Evening Standard · Dec 3, 2025

Three products in high demand as shoppers shun ultra-processed foods

Waitrose said it had seen a ‘fundamental change’ in how customers shop

The Independent UK · Dec 3, 2025

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

Waitrose said it had seen a ‘fundamental change’ in how customers shopped, influenced heavily by concerns over UPFs as well as weight-loss jabs.

Evening Standard · Dec 3, 2025

Cheers! The best Christmas drinks, from gingerbread rum to mulled rose

Our drinks expert rounded up her favourite festive tipples, including special-edition spirits, creamy pistachio liqueurs and celebratory fizz

The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2025