Review 2021:
The Christmas Sandwich Reviews:
Waitrose freefrom Gluton Free Turkey, Stuffing & Bacon.

 Food  Although I use Google Alerts much less than before - I tend to just visit a search page daily if it's something which is likely to have something published about it well, daily.  But there are odd things which I've kept and one of those is for Waitrose AND Liverpool.  Every now and then something pops through and it's a piece from the Liverpool Echo website which has been syndicated throughout the Reach newspaper network about product recalls for various supermarkets.

What I'm aiming for is an early warning that an actual Waitrose shop is opening in Liverpool city centre.  For years it was one of the shops which was synonymous for me with breaking out of the localist bubble and visiting the outlet in Formby was a way of tasting what supermarket shopping was like in places like London, with a more unusual selection of goods from brands who wouldn't be seen dead in Tesco or Asda.  If Manchester or Chester could have a mini version why not us?

Well, neither Manchester or Chester have those any more after a series of branch closures in the past couple of years, which makes the chances of them opening in Liverpool, the city centre also as we've discussed already oversaturated with Tesco shops, increasingly slim.  I'm coming to terms with that, not least because a few of the brands which only seemed to have been in Waitrose have slowly begun to appear elsewhere, even in Tesco or Asda.

Plus, Liverpool does have a Waitrose of sorts.  It's situated on the top floor of the John Lewis building in The Place To Eat Cafe, currently in the counter opposite the entrance which serves teas, coffees and cakes.  There you'll find numerous varieties of Waitrose snacks and where I bought today sandwich, saving me a trip to Formby.  Not somewhere you can pick up a Wood Pigeon or a packet of Gravadlax, but still a chance to possibly try something different.

Not this sandwich of course.  Apart from the glutton free bread and so slightly dry crusts, this isn't that much different to a dozen or so of the sandwiches I've also eaten this month.  The strongest flavour and texture is from the bacon which as with every other occasion this has been the case is smoked.  The cranberry doesn't make much of an impression, or the turkey, although that isn't as hard as in some cases.  So not bad, but definitely not worth £4.95 ...

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