By Kevin White2020-12-18T00:01:00+00:00
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Brits might be divided over Brexit and coronavirus rules, but they are united in their love of cheese. Driven by an increase in scratch cooking and a resurgence in homemade sarnies, consumers spent a quarter of a billion pounds more on cheddar and the like this year. That saw the category’s value sales climb by 10.4% to a record-breaking £2.7bn.
Cheese was near-ubiquitous in shoppers’ baskets – and in their kitchens. A poll in July of 1,053 people by the Speciality Cheesemakers Association found that 25% used cheese when cooking once a week, with 28% using it twice a week, 15% three times a week, and 11% four to six times a week.