{"id":362,"date":"2025-04-28T12:58:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T12:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pharosstory.com\/?p=362"},"modified":"2025-05-02T02:32:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T02:32:56","slug":"waitrose-launches-100-new-products-and-theyre-oh-so-middle-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pharosstory.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/28\/waitrose-launches-100-new-products-and-theyre-oh-so-middle-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Waitrose launches 100 new products and they\u2019re oh-so-middle class"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Waitrose is offering a bunch of unnecessary necessities (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The upper echelons of society used to be found at debutante balls<\/a> and charity<\/a> polo matches. Now, you need only venture to your local Waitrose<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And as summer<\/a> approaches, the supermarket is catering for the beau monde with a new summer range of 148 delightfully unnecessary but divine-sounding food offerings. <\/p>\n

Perhaps the most notable is its Tipple Toppers, for the wine you’ll be sipping as you lounge on your John Lewis garden furniture. <\/p>\n

The packet contains pitted green and black olives, dry cured pork salami, Ib\u00e9rico cheese, pickled gherkins and tomato and herb baked bruschetta, all designed to be balanced on top of a glass. <\/p>\n

God forbid you mistake it for bog standard antipasti<\/a>…<\/p>\n

New Waitrose items for Summer 2025<\/h2>\n
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The Tipple Toppers sit on top of your drinks glass instead of using a plate (Picture: Waitrose)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

‘Pour a chilled glass of your favourite wine and pop your mini grazing board on top,’ the supermarket says. Plates are clearly not<\/em> \u00e0 la mode anymore.<\/p>\n

It comes with an \u00a38 price tag, although there’s an introductory offer of \u00a36.40.<\/p>\n

In the pudding aisle, you’ll find Peach Melba Jelly for a humble \u00a34.95. The peach jelly with raspberries and peach pieces is a nod to the dessert invented back in 1892 by French chef Auguste Escoffier at the Savoy Hotel.<\/p>\n

Apparently a ‘taste of sunshine in every spoonful’, the dessert has an introductory offer price of \u00a33.70, and there’s a Peach Melba Ice Cream available too.<\/p>\n

If you’re attending a rip-roaring summer bash with the upper crust, you’ll want to avoid whipping out a bottle of Sprite for a mixer. God <\/em>no.<\/p>\n

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@luxsoflondon<\/a> <\/p>\n

London\u2019s poshest Waitrose . #london<\/a> #waitrose<\/a> #luxury<\/a> #mostexpensive<\/a> <\/p>\n

\u266c original sound – mylittlelondon<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Instead, pick yourself up a bottle of Waitrose Blood Orange & Pink Grapefruit Still Lemonade – if it’s effervescent, you’ll be turned away at the door (unless it’s champagne).<\/p>\n

It’s also completely unacceptable to get a ham and cheese meal deal. Instead you should spend \u00a34.95 on the Waitrose No. 1 Mortadella & Ricotta Sandwich – we doubt we’d be disappointed though.<\/p>\n

The supermarket<\/a> does do picky bits brilliantly, and there’s no shortage of options to make the ultimate grazing board. From Raw Red Shrimp & Monkfish with Pil Pil Butter (\u00a310) to a Calabrian Charcuterie & Parmigiano Reggiano Platter (\u00a36) – you’re sorted.<\/p>\n

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The Peach Melba Jelly is a great summer staple (Picture: Waitrose)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Or why not opt for the No.1 Egyptian Monastery Olives and the Caramelised Onion Pork Cocktail Sausages?<\/p>\n

Yes, we’re drooling too, but get your handkerchief, wipe it away and tell us which sumptuous offerings will you be putting in your basket.<\/p>\n

Waitrose shoppers’ upper-middle-class tastes…<\/h2>\n

While these offerings all sound amazing (and posh), the supermarket knows its shoppers.<\/p>\n

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@burcibaci<\/a> <\/p>\n

Where else are they supposed to get their Heston Blumenthal Bloody Mary Prawn Cocktail?! \ud83e\udd90 #uppermiddleclass<\/a> #upperclass<\/a> #rah<\/a> #posh<\/a> #hestonblumenthal<\/a> #waitrose<\/a> #waitroseandpartners<\/a> #rich<\/a> #british<\/a> #britishhumour<\/a> #ukcomedy<\/a> #uk<\/a> #yourparentsareuppermiddleclass<\/a> #privateschool<\/a> <\/p>\n

\u266c original sound – A24<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

At the end of last year, Waitrose revealed its customers’ favourite purchases by month, with bone broth (made trendy by Gwyneth Paltrow) and Pomegranate, Rose & Preserved Lemon Harissa sauce being popular buys.<\/p>\n

Sake, the ancient Japanese rice wine, was the most searched for item in May, while June saw pickle juice flying off the shelves.<\/p>\n

Bacchus wine, spotted dick and blackberry cobbler were also popular with the elite’s taste buds.<\/p>\n

This, my friends, is how the other half live. <\/p>\n

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