Food Munch is the sandwich brand sold by WH Smiths in its travel outlets (which I recently discovered are a separate entity to the high street stores within the larger company) (business is weird). Previously they were supplied by the Urban Eat brand most often seen in universities and the like these days. Smiths shifted over to Munch in 2016 which was then own by a company called Cranswick which was subsequently bought by Greencore, a catering suppliers which began as a sugar manufacturer in Ireland back in the 1920s before diversifying in the early 1990s due to some privatisation shenanigans by the Irish government.
If that paragraph looks messy, its because some brands just exist. They don't really have a history and the company behind them aren't accustomed to explaining how any of it happened. The third result for a Google search of "munch sandwich" is this especially mean-spirited, under researched review from 2016 (from just before the Greencore buy-out) which doesn't bother to check who the manufacturer is (assuming that its WH Smith) and makes a serious error in adding up the percentages in the ingredients block (although to be fair the reviews in the comments do mostly agree with him).
But I'm burying the lead. This is a gorgeous sandwich. The reason seems to be the "pork, sage & onion stuff mayonnaise" which has a slight kick to it due to inclusion of Dijon mustard which brings a whole new rich taste profile to the thing. But you can also taste the bacon and turkey well enough to know they're there. Whether its just like this or because its sat in my fridge for a couple of days and had a chance to marinate, I don't know, but this was perfect, bite after bite after bite. This would rank pretty highly if was giving these things a star rating although if that was the case it would lose a star for the price which at £3.75 is a tad expensive.
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