Come on 2020, a second wave and a US Presidential election campaign is ENOUGH for this month, we don't need Percy Pig news too.
But, of course, we have some.
We regret to inform you/ Are delighted to inform you (depending on your POV) that Marks and Spencer have made... Percy Pig pies.
There are MANY a non-mince pie fan (sorry, some of us JUST DON'T LIKE THEM) out there who find Christmas time really hard! And for years we've been searching for an alternative.
I'm just not suuuuure, this is it.
But some people were... some were very keen.
Singer Olly Murs was excited...
Others, were not...
It's been a rough year for Percy Pig as it is. In August everyone was worried they were going to get banned for good after Boris Johnson announced his anti-obesity plans. At the launch of his National Food Strategy, restaurateur Henry Dimbleby said of the packaging: ‘I just think that is not right. I think that is genuinely misleading,' the Guardian reported.
‘One of the most egregious sins of the modern food industry is its habit of clothing itself, and its products, in false virtue … “No artificial colours or artificial flavourings” trills the packaging for Percy Pig, the “soft gums made with fruit juice”… How many parents take the time to check the ingredients list? If they did, they might (assuming they know how ingredient lists work) be agog to find that the three largest ingredients by weight are glucose syrup, sugar and glucose-fructose-syrup.'
Well, Percy's saved his bacon this far... can he weather the Percy Pie storm?
Would you? Should you? Could you? We still can't decide...