Review: Amongst the many special deals and myriad toys and games in Aldi today, I spied their entry level mince pie. A very red, festive box…but what’s inside?
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Lyons Mince Pie Review 2021
Review: A nice looking mince pie from Lyons for 2021. But wait what’s this…? The box is identical to their 2020 offering, the pies looking the same and they even cost the same. Good sign? These scored 8/10 last time.
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Sainsbury’s Deep Filled Mince Pie Review 2021
Review: Some of the standard mince pies have been good this year and with Sainsbury’s operating at the slightly higher end of the market, I had high(ish) hopes for these.
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Tesco Mince Pie Review 2021
Review: I always find the ‘standard’ mince pie reviews really interesting, mostly because they’re all really cheap but often there’s a few hidden gems. A large number of these standard Tesco mince pies will be sold to people who idly pick up a box as they do their shop. But are they good?
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Aldi Holly Lane Deep Filled Mince Pie Review 2020
Overall rating: 7/10
Price per pie: 13p
Review: Aldi’s most standard of their enourmous mince pie range has faired averagely over the last few years. They’re cheap and pretty cheerful.
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Morrisons ‘The Best’ Deep Filled All Butter Mince Pie Review 2020
Overall rating: 2/10
Price per pie: 35p
Review: These very tall pies look suspiciously like the bakery pies ASDA and Co-op have had great success with over the last few years (a raft of 9s and 10s no less). Have Morrisons managed to copy a winning formula?
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Mr Kipling Deep Filled Mince Pie Review 2020
Overall rating: 3/10
Price per pie: 25p
Review: The box hasn’t changed since last year, and the Good Housekeeping Institute approval sticker is still proudly displayed. Last time I rated these 7/10 and thought they were fairly standard but ok.
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Co-op Shortcrust Mince Pie Review 2020
Overall Rating: 5/10
Price per pie: 31p
Review: The Co-op bakery mince pies have faired well in previous years – but those are the deep filled ones. These flatter ones don’t inspire tonnes of confidence – not sure how the ratio of pastry to filling will work?
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Lyon’s Cakes Mince Pie Review 2020
Overall rating: 8/10
Price per pie: 17p
Review: A first showing for Premier Foods’ ‘Lyons Cakes’ brand mince pies on Mince Pie Reviews. It’s a standard pie – no promises of the fancy stuff. No idea what to expect…
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Co-op Mince Pie Review 2020
Overall rating: 8/10
Price per pie: 17p
Review: A standard mince pie from Co-op….we’ve been here before. The last mince pie I reviewed in 2019 was Co-op’s standard mince pie. I needn’t remind regular readers what happened there, but for the new or uninitiated – it was an *abomination*.
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