Growler news

You can't beat a nice pork pie (a 'growler', as I've heard them called).

I eat three or four a week (ideally with spicy pickle, cheese and tomatoes) but it seems like they're falling out of fashion.

Figures from the British Pig Executive (BPEX) show customers are turning their back on them because of their reputation as an unhealthy product.

189 million meals featured pork pies in the year to February, apparently, representing a 9% decline on the previous year.

"Pork pies are very easily associated with obesity," so BPEX Chris Lamb (an ironic name for a man who works with pigs) told The Grocer magazine. "They are suffering as a result of all the health messages."

The good residents of Melton Mowbray will no doubt be appalled at the news. 

The fightback starts here: I'm going to buy one at lunchtime today.