Mark & Spencers food

I had reason to go into an M&S Food Hall yesterday and bought the below savoury food, and alcohol. There were more savoury party food items simulating eyeballs and witches fingers but I stuck with burgers in pastry, breaded chicken in the shape of bats and steamed bao ghosts.

Wednesday 26th October 2022

Waiting for the Great Pumpkin to arrive...

A week to go until my 31st annual Halloween party...

Saturday 22nd October 2022

Pumpkin Quiche at Sainsburys

Sadly Sainsbury do not appear to be selling their pumpkin spiced houmous this year but they do have a Butternut Squash & Pumpkin Chutney Quiche. Limited edition - so pick one up while you can.

Saturday 22nd October 2022

Morrisons Spooky & Spicy Cheese

A different variety than was sold last year, this year is a Scotch Bonnet & Red Leicester cheese, but still in a nice wax coating shaped as a pumpkin.

Thursday 12th October 2022

Halloween Beer Part 14

Found another beer at the local Oktoberfest last weekend with a spooky design. Slenderman, an 11% cookies & cream flavoured stout.

Saturday 1st October 2022

Sainsburys finally sets up stall with Nb4C goods

Sainsburys near where I live have been the last to set up their Halloween offering this year and they have some interesting Nightmare Before Christmas goodies which I'm sure will be snapped up quickly. From banners, to wall coverings to items to stick in the garden. There are small Jack and Sallys, a human sized Jack, and plastic light up candle sticks, and Jack and Sally heads.

And in their normal selection there are some white pumpkin mugs with lids (completely impractical to drink a cup of tea from, but nicely designed) and another mug that changes colour with the heat.

Tuesday 4th October 2022

TKMaxx Maidstone 2022

Whilst in Maidstone I also looked at their remains of Halloween decorations that they had. And whereas these were something I would not buy for myself, due to amount of storage I have, it's always nice to see something different.

Sunday 2nd October 2022

Next Halloween 2022

I buy what I want from Next Home department online, but it was still nice to see a display in a shop itself. Nothing for me though this year. I like the pumpkin salt and pepper shakers and the big lidded dishes but would have preferred them without the gold stems.

Sunday 2nd October 2022

M&S Halloween 2022

I visited a larger M&S at the weekend with a food store. There wasn't quite the normal collection of savoury snacks in but they did have some nicely decorated light-up metal biscuit tins containing shortbread and also in the plant section a vampire Percy Pig pot holder and similarly a vampire bat pot holder.

Sunday 2nd October 2022

Poundland mugs 2022

The ghost mug I think works better than the cauldron. The tea-light holder also has an appealing grimace. The candle is inserted in the back and it has a ventilation hole in the top. And the other pumpkin is just solid. But these seem the best of the Poundland decorations this year, in my opinion.

Saturday 1st October 2022

Asda 2022 - the main offering

Further to the nice homewares Asda have put out this year, the main aisle is now decorated in the Folkestone store. All the ususal children's costumes and sweets and cheap decorations that you would expect line the shelves with some bigger party props. A couple of nicely designed adults tshirts too. And white and milk chocolate Reese's pumpkin this year.

As as in previous years Asda must have acquired some rights to sell Disney products. The Mickey Mouse vampire and mugs are nice to have if you are a fan of the little rodent. The Disney villian mugs are also nicely designed, and I find them more appealing than the glass tumblers.

And of interest this year is Asda's attempts to encourage halloween themed crafting for children with some colouring products and some crafting materials. The paper plates and napkins alos have a nod towards vintage this year too.

Saturday 1st October 2022

Tesco 2022

The local Tesco store in Cheriton has got their aisle stocked with Halloween produce. Plenty of costumes for the kids. Nothing collectable though for the serious collector. It is interesting to see that all the supermarkets are producing some party games now, which I first picked up upon a few years ago in Morrisons. Of note too is that the Bacardi Spiced Rum label design has changed for this Halloween's special edition to a bat design. Nice to have a themed design for the season, but personally I still prefer last year's pumpkin design.

Saturday 1st October 2022