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Yahoo
3 days ago
- General
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What biscuits are made in Carlisle's McVitie's factory?
To celebrate National Biscuit Day 2025 (Thursday, May 29) the News & Star had an exclusive tour around the oldest biscuit factory in the world, which just happens to be on our doorstep. The home of Carr's and McVitie's biscuits, among others, has been part of the Carlisle landscape for almost 200 years. It produces 246 different products and even enough bourbon biscuits to go around the earth two times a year. But do you know exactly what products are made inside of it? We have compiled a list of 10 of our favourite biscuits that are made in Carlisle. Bourbon Creams Custard Creams Ginger Nuts Tasties Coconut Rings Digestives Mini Chocolate Digestives Nice Biscuits Shorties Fruit Shortcakes Carr's Table Water Crackers (classed as savoury biscuits) A selection of McVitie's biscuits (Image: Newsquest) When asked how he was celebrating National Biscuit Day 2025, Mark Ebdon, Carlisle's factory general manager said: 'Every day is National Biscuit Day for us!' In celebration of the day, McVitie's also revealed new original research. The Great British Biscuit Audit by McVitie's saw 2,000 British adults polled and revealed that Chocolate Digestives once again take the crown as the UK's favourite biscuit. When it comes to dunking, tea remains the favourite at 45 per cent. The News & Star's exclusive tour of inside the factory will be published this weekend.
Scottish Sun
09-05-2025
- Business
- Scottish Sun
Aldi discontinues lunchtime essential that's ‘better than rivals' and shoppers are gutted
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) ALDI has axed a lunchtime essential from its shelves and shoppers are very disappointed. The German discounter confirmed the news on X yesterday, sparking outrage from fans. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 2 A lover of the 125g Savour Baker water biscuits took to X after struggling to find them on shelves 2 The dupe crackers were just 59p - half the price of Carr's It came after a concerned customer wrote to Aldi asking why the Savour Bakes water biscuits were 'absent from shelves', adding: 'they are tasty and much lower in saturated fat than others.' Aldi wrote back: 'We have looked into this for you and can confirm we have discontinued these from our everyday range.' Shoppers have described the move as 'very, very disappointing'. The own-brand Savour Bakes crackers were a cost-friendly dupe of the fancy Carr's water biscuits. A 150g box of Carr's will set you back £1.70 in Sainsbury's while Aldi's 125g version was just 59p. That makes Aldi 47p per 100g and Carr's £1.13 per 100g - over double the price. If you're feeling down about the news, Aldi still has a few cracker options which can help you save money. The Specially Selected Gourmet Savoury Crackers come in flavours rosemary and black pepper and cost 89p for 185g - which is 48p per 100g. You can also get your hands on 170g Savour Bakes crackers for 85p, which is 50p per 100g, in Multigrain and Wheat Multigrain. An identical box of Jacob's crackers is £1.30 in Sainsbury's for 200g - so 25p extra per 100g. Supermarket deals However, if you've got a specific craving for water biscuits like Carr's, but don't want to pay the extra cost, you could look elsewhere. In Sainsbury's you can get own-brand water biscuits for 60p per 100g, which is still almost half of what you'd spend on the fancier brand. And Tesco's own-brand water biscuits are the same price. Unfortunately, Lidl have also discontinued their water biscuits which were competitive with Aldi prices. It comes as a reminder to always compare prices before swapping out for the pricier option. A great way to do this is by using a comparison site like Trolley, which draws all the latest products together for you. DISCONTINUED ALDI ITEMS Other items which have sadly been axed from Aldi shelves in recent months include the Village Bakery Chilli Cheese topped rolls, which shoppers described as 'lush'. A spokesperson for Aldi said at the time: "We continually review our range of products to make sure we're meeting the needs of Aldi shoppers." Not only that, but Coconut Rings and Chocolate Rich Tea biscuits have both been given the shove by the supermarket. The supermarket 'apologised for any disappointed' after shoppers were left reeling. In October Aldi also confirmed it had axed its 'unreal' 69p salted caramel tea bags. One shopper cried: '@AldiUK OMG, NO! Year ruined, they were unreal!' To keep up to date with the latest discontinued items, it can help to join local foodie Facebook groups. If you have a specific query you can also write to Aldi on X, and a member of their customer service will get back to you. Or, you can go into your local store and ask a floor assistant. You can find your local Aldi using the Store Finder tool on its website. How to save money on your supermarket shop THERE are plenty of ways to save on your grocery shop. You can look out for yellow or red stickers on products, which show when they've been reduced. If the food is fresh, you'll have to eat it quickly or freeze it for another time. Making a list should also save you money, as you'll be less likely to make any rash purchases when you get to the supermarket. Going own brand can be one easy way to save hundreds of pounds a year on your food bills too. This means ditching "finest" or "luxury" products and instead going for "own" or value" type of lines. Plenty of supermarkets run wonky veg and fruit schemes where you can get cheap prices if they're misshapen or imperfect. For example, Lidl runs its Waste Not scheme, offering boxes of 5kg of fruit and vegetables for just £1.50. If you're on a low income and a parent, you may be able to get up to £442 a year in Healthy Start vouchers to use at the supermarket too. Plus, many councils offer supermarket vouchers as part of the Household Support Fund. Do you have a money problem that needs sorting? Get in touch by emailing money-sm@ Plus, you can join our Sun Money Chats and Tips Facebook group to share your tips and stories
Yahoo
15-03-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
City takes steps in stemming EAB presence; more work ahead
Mar. 14—On Thursday morning, along a portion of Seventh Avenue SE, the long arm of a Sennebogen reached up to top of an ash tree, gripped it and with the saw attached at the end shored it off and brought it to ground level. It was one of three ash trees a crew from Carr's Tree Service was cutting down at the particular location and one of many that are coming down in the city's approach to the emerald ash borer infestation. The city contracted with Carr's to take down 325 trees in this first round and so far Jason Sehon, director of Austin's Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department, said they are about halfway through. Still it represents a small portion of the work done so far and the work that lays ahead. "We just had a bid opening last week for an additional 400 trees with the option of extending it to 600 trees if the city and the contractor come to a mutual agreement on a cost," Sehon said. "Hopefully that will put us at 925 trees that will be removed by the end of 2025 per contract." Between the contracted work and work by city crews, around 1,200 trees have been removed from city-owned land. "I do want to give a shout out to our streets crew," Sehon said. "They are great at keeping busy. Not a lot of snow this year so they stepped up and removed a ton of trees along the Cedar River." Just in case March 2020 wasn't bad enough, it was also when the emerald ash borer was officially confirmed in Mower County, becoming the 23rd county in Minnesota to report an infestation, though it was likely EAB was here prior to that. Originally from Asia, the wood-boring beetle is particularly damaging to ash trees as larvae. After eggs are laid in the bark of the tree, the hatched larvae will burrow into the tree beneath the bark, making it difficult to detect. Blonding, where the outer bark is removed by increased woodpecker activity and new sprouts lower down on the trunk are advanced indications a tree is infected. Once the tree gets to a certain point, the tree can become dangerous because of how brittle the branches of the tree become. However, as the city originally looked at the intimidating task of taking down the trees, one of the more prevalent species of trees in the community, it began looking at a treat first option in March of 2024 in an effort to save as many trees as possible. In the spring of 2024, more than 450 trees were treated in Austin, with the hope that property owners might do the same thing. "I do want to remind the community that this comes off the tails of our treat now campaign," Sehon said. Aside from being able to keep the trees up for the benefit of the community, in delaying taking down the trees, it diminishes the burden of the city to cut down so many at once as well as delaying spread of EAB. "It's still worth the investment because it might buy us a couple of years for the removal because it will stop further infestation," Sehon said. "(Some) trees were in a lot worse shape than what we were expecting and we'll see more this year I believe." While crews have been able to move some trees from needing to be cut down to treatable, however, the reverse has also been true with some trees looking like at first they could be treated, but ultimately were found to be beyond help. Crews won't know for sure just how much variation there could be this year yet until leaf-out. At the same time, treatment first comes with its own hurdles. Namely, the effort required. "We planted several trees last year and we'll plant some more this year, but we have to find the resources to water the trees in need," Sehon said. "That's why we're encouraging residents to plant trees, because they have the resources right there to plant, water and care for trees for the first three, four years of their life." To help bolster that effort, Sehon said that Parks and Recreation is gearing up to at some point launch an Adopt a Boulevard Tree Program where in the city will plant a tree on a boulevard, setting them up with the watering bag, and the property owner would agree to water the tree. "That could be one way that we put more trees in boulevards," Sehon said. The city hosted free tree planting workshops in 2024, with plans for even more this year as well as the city's Forestry Team partnering with Austin High School's Go Green Club to help foster that idea of planting more. "The city continues to encourage residents to plant trees as they likely have more readily available resources to water and care for young trees," Sehon said.
