A jar of Branston Pickle

Branston is a well known United Kingdom brand of savoury foods. They are most well known for their original Branston Pickle, a jarred pickled relish first made in 1922 in the Branston suburb of Burton upon Trent by Crosse & Blackwell. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixels Full resolution (2112 × 2816 pixel, file size: 3. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixels Full resolution (2112 × 2816 pixel, file size: 3. ... For other uses, see Pickle. ... For other uses, see Relish (disambiguation). ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Branston is the name of two places in England. ... “Suburbia” redirects here. ... Map sources for Burton-upon-Trent at grid reference SK2422 Burton upon Trent also known as Burton-on-Trent, or simply Burton, is a large town straddling the River Trent in the east of Staffordshire, England, which originally grew up around the monastery of St. ... Crosse & Blackwell is a portfolio of retail food brands sold by the Nestlé Group to Premier International Foods in 2002. ...

In 2004 the brand was bought by Premier Foods and production was moved to Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. Since its introduction, it has gone on to be the brand leader, selling over 28 million jars a year in the UK.^[1] Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Premier Foods plc is a British-based food manufacturer headquartered in St Albans. ... Bury St Edmunds is a town in the county of Suffolk, England. ... Suffolk (pronounced ) is a large historic and modern non-metropolitan county in East Anglia, England. ...

The original pickle

Branston Pickle is made from a variety of diced vegetables, including swede (rutabaga), onions, cauliflower and gherkins pickled in a sauce made from vinegar, tomato, apple and dates with spices such as mustard, coriander, garlic, cinnamon, pepper, cloves, nutmeg and cayenne pepper. Binomial name Brassica napobrassica Mill. ... For other uses, see Onion (disambiguation). ... Cauliflower is a cultivar group within Brassica oleracea, in the family Brassicaceae. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Cucumis anguria. ... Vinegar is sometimes infused with spices or herbs—as here, with oregano. ... For other uses, see Tomato (disambiguation). ... This article is about the fruit. ... Binomial name Phoenix dactylifera L. The Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera) is a palm extensively cultivated for its edible fruit. ... Mustard on bread. ... Binomial name L. Percentages are relative to US recommendations for adults. ... Binomial name L. Allium sativum L., commonly known as garlic, is a species in the onion family Alliaceae. ... Binomial name J.Presl Cassia (Chinese cinnamon) is also commonly called (and sometimes sold as) cinnamon. ... Binomial name L. Black pepper (Piper nigrum) is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. ... This article is about spices, the word clove is also used to describe a segment of a head of garlic and a clove hitch is a useful kind of knot. ... It has been suggested that Legal drugs#Nutmeg be merged into this article or section. ... A large red cayenne The Cayenne is a hot red chili pepper used to flavor dishes, and for medicinal purposes. ...

Branston Pickle is sweet and spicy with a chutney-like consistency, containing small chunks of vegetables in a thick brown sticky sauce. It is commonly served as part of a ploughman's lunch, a common menu item in British pubs. It is also frequently combined with cheddar cheese in sandwiches, and most sandwich shops in the UK offer "cheese and pickle" as an option. It is available in the standard 'chunky' version, though there is also a 'sandwich' variety, where the vegetable chunks are smaller and easier to spread. In recent times, Premier Foods have also brought out a 'squeezy' variety in a plastic bottle. This version just consists of the sauce and does not contain any vegetable pieces. There was also a spicy type made for a short time, but this did not prove as popular and is now hard to find. A chutney (British spelling), chatni (Urdu or Hindi transliteration) or catni (archaic transliteration) is a term for a variety of sweet and spicy condiments, originally from South Asia. ... A ploughmans lunch is a cold snack or meal, featuring at a minimum, a thick piece of cheese (usually Cheddar, Stilton, or other local cheese), pickle (often Branston Pickle, sometimes piccalilli and/or pickled onions), crusty bap or chunk of bread, and butter. ... An amusingly named pub (the Old New Inn) at Bourton-on-the-Water, in the Cotswold Hills of South West England A pub in the Haymarket area of Edinburgh, Scotland A public house, usually known as a pub, is a drinking establishment found mainly in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada... Cheese is a solid food made from the milk of cows, goats, sheep, and other mammals. ...

Branston Pickle, small chunk variety, jar

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Generic varieties

As with any product that becomes popular, other manufacturers have developed their own brand of a Branston type pickle. Many supermarkets now have generic own brand versions. In order to prevent problems with the registered trade name, the term "sweet pickle" has been adopted by most manufacturers. Store brands are brands which are specific to a retail store. ... A trade name, also known as a trading name or a business name, is the legal name of a business, or the name which a business trades under for commercial purposes. ...

The Pickle Crisis of 2004

At 3am on 27 October 2004 a massive fire almost destroyed the entire Bury St Edmunds factory and cut the stocks of Branston Pickle in half ^[2], thus reducing the supply of the product and in some instances increasing the price. The factory is now back in production and has recently launched Branston Tomato Ketchup and Brown Sauce along with a range of relishes and Baked Beans. is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the condiment; for the singers, see Las Ketchup. ... Two types of steak sauce A bottle of brown sauce, as defined by British cuisine In the United States, steak sauce is a generic term used for various premade meat sauces. ... Baked beans and scrambled egg on toast. ...

Brand Extension

At one stage Walkers Crisps (known as "chips" in the USA) produced a variety called "Cheese and Branston Pickle"^[3] This article is about the snack food manufacturer. ...

Branston Beans Advert

In October 2005, Premier Foods Plc launched Branston Baked Beans. The marketing and promotion of this product was aimed squarely at challenging Heinz's dominance of the UK baked bean market. This marketing included an advert, featuring a Branston Bean Tin explaining how Branston Beans are very "saucy." Promotional activities included a 'Great British Bean Poll' where members of the public across the country were invited to blind taste both 'the brand leader' (assumed to be Heinz) and Branston. 76% of participants picked Branston over the brand leader. Heinz was subsequently obliged to re-evaluate its advertising strategy in the face of this aggressive activity, although in public Heinz spokespeople dismissed the challenge as a 'non-starter'. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in October 28: Richard Smalley 26: Emil Kyulev 24: José Azcona del Hoyo 24: Rosa Parks 23: Stella Obasanjo 22: Liam Lawlor 22: Shirley Horn 20: Endon Mahmood 17: Ba Jin 10: Milton Obote 7: Charles...

External links

• Branston Pickle on the Premier Foods website
• Recipe for Branston Pickle

Notes

1. ^ Premier Food web site(accesed 21 february 2007)
2. ^ "Blaze forces pickle plant closure", BBC News, 2004-10-27. Retrieved on 2007-01-30. 
3. ^ Cheese and Branston flavour Walkers Crisps(accessed 21 February 2007)