M&S Percy Pig Jam Sandwich Creams - 150g

The jam sandwich cream has been the first biscuit out of the tin in British houses for generations, the one that vanishes while the plain ones sit there looking hopeful. Putting Percy on it was only ever going to end one way.

Back home, M&S is the place you nip into for a sandwich and come out with a bag of Percy Pigs you did not plan to buy. Here, nobody has one on the way home from work, so people search for Percy by name and are quietly delighted when he turns up.

They come in a 150g packet that lives happily in the cupboard. Fold the end over, or tip them into a tin, and they keep well enough, assuming they last. Good with a cup of tea, good in a lunchbox, risky for dunking unless you are quick.

People who buy these tend to be Percy loyalists, so they often go in the basket next to other M&S biscuits and a box of proper British tea. Nobody has ever regretted having both.