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Posted by Aaron on Friday, November 13th, 2009 at 1:12 am

Hello Yum fans! Well it's been a while since we updated the blog, a very very long while (although I have been wittering away on Twitter in the meantime...). There's a good reason for this, and that's because The Big Yum ...

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Posted by Aaron on Thursday, April 9th, 2009 at 3:31 pm

Now here's an infestation you wouldn't mind having up on your roof. Fortnum and Mason, the prestigious Central London department store, has moved its very own beehive from the countryside to the store roof in Mayfair. Here the bees will continue to make the store's honey, but now created using pollen ...

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Posted by Pippa on Thursday, April 9th, 2009 at 2:48 pm

You heard it first kids....The Big Yum is getting bigger and bolder and brasher and...generally more chocolatey! We know you love us as we are (thanks - we're touched!) but in a bid to cope with the demands of all our fans, we're having a bit of a revamp and ...

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Posted by Pippa on Monday, March 9th, 2009 at 5:35 pm

Most people would admit to craving a burger every now and then...it's only natural (unless you're a vegetarian)...but sometimes cravings and obsessions can go a little too far.... Let's take the fellow below as an example. He loves bacon double cheeseburgers so much, he's had one tattooed on himself! There's no ...

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Posted by Pippa on Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 at 6:15 pm

Pick & Mix is a tasty commodity in the world of sweets....whilst we're proud to offer you our posh tins, the mantle of 'Pick & Mix Supremos' must surely go to the now defunct Woolworths... With a generous £1.50 from Mum, we used to collate quite a sizeable bag of sweeties, ...

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Posted by Pippa on Wednesday, February 18th, 2009 at 1:14 pm

Office fridges have always been the centre of 'disappearing sandwich' investigations! Tired of all those pesky sticky-fingered co-workers tucking into your lunch?! Well, worry no more . . .because Anti-Theft Lunch Bags are sandwich bags that have splotches of 'green mold' printed on both sides, making your freshly prepared ...

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Posted by Pippa on Sunday, February 15th, 2009 at 10:43 pm

We know the score! Everyone's childhood memories echo with a screech from their mums, telling us not to play with our food. Such spoilsports, the lot of them...don't they realise it's fun? At The Big Yum we're particularly proud of ...

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Posted by Pippa on Monday, February 9th, 2009 at 10:03 am

As Australian icons go, Vegemite is up there with surfer dudes, snags on the barbie, kangaroos and Tim Tams - a treasured bonzer brekkie spread, never to be replaced! It may have happily fed generations, but at the will of a new preventative health task force, this Aussie icon may ...

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Posted by Pippa on Thursday, February 5th, 2009 at 7:56 pm

It's important that we all eat our 5 Fruit & Veg a day, but sometimes chocolate & crisps seem just that extra bit appealing! Bananas look a little rude, apples are quite boring and oranges are just very round, so it's good to see that the nutritionists out there are ...

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Posted by Pippa on Monday, January 19th, 2009 at 4:42 pm

Lets all celebrate a 'popping good' time because today is National Popcorn Day...pop pop hooray!! Oh..but that's only in America. We don't seem to have our own Popcorn Day in the UK...but I suppose that's fair enough, we don't make a big enough deal of popcorn over here in order to ...

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