Updated: 20 Apr 2021, 0:47
IN the Great British Cake Off only one caterpillar can emerge triumphant.
It emerged last week M&S has begun legal action claiming Aldi’s Cuthbert The Caterpillar cake infringes its Colin the Caterpillar trademark.
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Thea Jacobs has given her verdict on the best supermarket caterpillar cakesCredit: Louis Wood News Group Newspapers Ltd
Cuthbert is mysteriously missing, with no cakes available in Aldi stores.
Aldi said it was because it was a “seasonal product”. Other supermarket versions are still on shelves.
But how do they measure up? Thea Jacobs gives her view out of five.
Waitrose, Cecil, £7
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Waitrose s Cecil is one of the fattest of the caterpillar cakesCredit: Louis Wood News Group Newspapers Ltd
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The FTSE 250 grocer suggested Aldi should come up with its own character The Easter version of Colin
A public relations move by Aldi put Marks and Spencer Group PLC’s (LON:MKS) in a potential pickle by calling for all UK caterpillar-shaped cakes to club together to raise money for charity.
After being taken to court over claims its cake is a knock-off of M&S s Colin the Caterpillar, the German discounter said on Twitter that its Cuthbert the Caterpillar “needs the help of Curly, Clyde, Cecil, Charlie, Morris and Wiggles”, tagging Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO), J Sainsbury PLC (LON:SBRY), Asda, WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC’s (LON:MRW), John Lewis Partnership’s Waitrose and Co-op.
(Picture: PA) ANY Brit who’s not seen the caterpillar cake debate must be living in a cocoon. Marks & Spencer is taking legal action against Aldi for trademark infringement with its Cuthbert the Caterpillar cake, which is similar to Marks & Spencer’s Colin the Caterpillar. The news has sparked a huge public reaction, with some pointing out that caterpillar cakes are available in other British supermarkets. But which cake is the best? Which? tested six caterpillar cakes - Aldi s Cuthbert is not included as he is a seasonal product not currently on the shelves - by having nine taste testers (adults and children) taste six cakes over two days, rating them on taste and appearance.
Even the most ardent Republican could not have helped but be moved by the sight of the Queen at Prince Philip’s funeral. She looked so vulnerable and forlorn, her face hidden behind her mask, the pew empty beside her.
Perhaps in some ways the mask was a blessing. After all, her whole life has been acted out under the gaze of the cameras. Maybe in this very personal moment of grief it suited her not to have her every expression scrutinised, to be alone with her thoughts and emotions.
Even so, I am sure she would have relished the touch of a hand or even the simple proximity of another human being. But no: Covid rules dictated that, like all those who have lost loved ones during the pandemic, she said her final farewells to her husband of 73 years in total isolation.