Britons fall back in love with jam and marmalade during lockdown, sending sales of preserves soaring

Lockdown means more of us are tucking into toast for breakfast sending sales of jam and marmalade soaring Sales of preserves and spreads soared by £120million during lockdown Peanut butter was the biggest winner, in terms of growth in demand, followed by jam, honey, chocolate spread, yeast spread, marmalade and curd The figures are thought … Read more

Britons fall back in love with jam and marmalade during lockdown, sending sales of preserves soaring

Lockdown means more of us are tucking into toast for breakfast sending sales of jam and marmalade soaring Sales of preserves and spreads soared by £120million during lockdown Peanut butter was the biggest winner, in terms of growth in demand, followed by jam, honey, chocolate spread, yeast spread, marmalade and curd The figures are thought … Read more

How POSH is your nosh? From your marmalade brand to your loaf, what you eat still defines your class

SOCIAL HISTORY SCOFF   by Pen Vogler (Atlantic £20, 480 pp) How do you pick up your peas from the plate? I ask because the humble little legume turns out to be the ultimate challenge when it comes to polite eating, the Mount Everest of etiquette. Debrett’s, the bible of good manners, is firm on the … Read more

How POSH is your nosh? From your marmalade brand to your loaf, what you eat still defines your class

SOCIAL HISTORY SCOFF   by Pen Vogler (Atlantic £20, 480 pp) How do you pick up your peas from the plate? I ask because the humble little legume turns out to be the ultimate challenge when it comes to polite eating, the Mount Everest of etiquette. Debrett’s, the bible of good manners, is firm on the … Read more