Price: £2.50 for a box of 6 (05/10/2024) The Mr Kipling name has been synonymous with miniature, sweet, baked goods in Britain for over fifty years and their strapline “exceedingly good cakes” has become a well-known marketing slogan in the UK and beyond. The brand was born in 1967 and I was recently disappointed to […]
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Sainsbury’s Taste The Difference Mince Pies
Price: £3.00 for a box of 6 (25/09/2024) This is Sainsbury’s top of the range mince pie offering for the 2024 festive season and the blurb on the box says “Our melt in the mouth all butter pastry mince pies are packed with a festive blend of luscious fruit, aromatic peel and warming spices, infused […]
Georges Mikautadze – Player Profile
When Georges Mikautadze signed for Olympique Lyonnais in the summer of 2024, the move represented an emotional homecoming for the twenty-three year old. It’s a little known fact that the Georgia international striker was actually born and raised in Lyon and had spent several years at the club’s academy before moving away to pursue his […]
TESCO Mince Pies
Price: £1.50 for a box of 6 (23/09/2024) These Tesco mince pies are the standard ‘common or garden’ mince pie offering from Britain’s largest supermarket chain. They are generally the cheapest mince pie variety regularly on sale in Tesco stores. In previous years, they have often been found on special offer at a reduced price […]
TESCO Plant Chef Mince Pies
Price: £2.15 for a box of 6 (06/09/2024) Plant Chef is Tesco’s own brand of 100% plant-based meals and foods. I’m not sure why they felt the need to include mince pies in the Plant Chef range seeing as the other varieties of Tesco mince pies are also suitable for vegetarians. These ones do, nevertheless, […]
TESCO Finest All Butter Pastry Mince Pies
Price: £3.00 for a box of 6 (06/09/2024) These TESCO Finest mince pies are described on the box as “rich, crumbly, all butter pastry packed with a delicious mix of plump vine fruits and glacé cherries. Infused with French brandy and ruby port, with a refreshing twist of lemon zest, tangerine oil and festive spices. […]
Moussa Niakhaté – Player Profile
Moussa Niakhaté is a tall and imposing left-footed centre-back who signed for Lyon from Nottingham Forest for €31.9 million in July 2024. He was ostensibly brough in to replace Jake O’Brien, who was sold to Everton at around the same time. Niakhaté was born into a family of Senegalese origin living near Lille in the […]
Montrose v Motherwell
Scottish League Cup: Group G Tuesday 16th July 2024 Motherwell of the Scottish Premiership travelled up to Angus to take on Montrose, who play two divisions beneath them in League One. The match was part of the second round of fixtures in Group G of the Scottish League Cup, which is currently known as the […]
Elgin City v Hibernian
Scottish League Cup: Group C Saturday 13th July 2024 Scottish League Two side Elgin City welcomed Hibernian of the Scottish Premiership to their historic Borough Briggs ground for the opening round of fixtures in the 2024 edition of the League Cup. It was an unseasonably cold ‘summer’s day’ in Moray and warm coats were in […]
Saïd Benrahma – Player Profile
Saïd Benrahma initially joined Lyon on loan from West Ham United in February 2024, but the move was made permanent the following summer after the winger impressed with three goals and four assists in his fifteen appearances during the second half of the season. The transfer fee was said to be something in the region […]