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£25 for a cookie? What the baffling luxury bakery boom tells us about Britain

Economic EN 04 Mar 2026, 12:00 Source: The Guardian

Amid a cost of living crisis, pricey patisserie is all the rage – and not just in London. Our reporter goes on a crawl to find out if a tart can really be worth £45There was a time when you could get a stuffed vanilla cream slice or a neon-pink Tottenham cake for about £1 on the...

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