Spar Corners The Market This Christmas With Best Mince Pies | News | The Times

Spar corners the market this Christmas with best mince pies | News | The Times

With 74 days until Christmas shoppers looking to stock up on mince pies should head to their corner shop rather than high-end retailers, experts

In tests luxury mince pies sold by Spar, which has 2,600 convenience stores, were said to be the best by BBC Good Food magazine. Judges who blind-tasted more than 150 products in 20 categories, said that they were better than those of Waitrose and Marks & Spencer.

They praised the “lovely golden colour and crumbly, buttery pastry” and said that the filling was “sweet and jammy, with nice big chunks of plump, soaked fruit and a good hit of citrus from the candied peel”.

Runners-up also came from the budget end of the market — Morrisons and Aldi. However, Marks

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