Archive for March, 2010

The new series of Doctor Who starts this weekend on BBC1. I think there may be some sort of religious festival taking place too.

It would appear that a high ranking executive at the Tesco chain of supermarkets is an avid reader of this very web-site! I’m certain of it, why else would the supermarket giant suddenly start selling the legendary Marmite Cereal Bars?

Look, here’s the proof:

You have no idea how difficult it is to take a photo in a supermarket without looking as if you are up to no good

A few aisles over from where the above photograph was taken, I stumbled upon these jars of wonderment:

In my basket are two jars of a new undiscovered flavour of Marmite – Marmite XO; a Marmite made from a much stronger recipe. Wow! It’s a yeast-overload! Vegemite, Marmite Cereal Bars and Marmite XO all sold in the same store!

I can report that Marmite XO is very nice! It isn’t amazingly super-strong when compared to the standard recipe but it does have a certain zing to it. At £3.99 per jar I’m not exactly consuming it like a yeast-obsessed loony, but it is making my breakfast-time toast a pleasant wake-up call.

Note to ASDA – if I do not see any new Marmite products on your shelves by the end of the week, I may have to go elsewhere for my weekly shop!

Dear Shops-that-are-not-Waitrose,

Please stock Marmite Cereal bars.

My nearest Waitrose is in Marlborough and I can no longer justify the 26 mile round trip just to stock up on Marmitey goodness.

Yours Sincerley,

Nige.

or…

Dear Waitrose,

Please open a branch of your store in Wootton Bassett…