Your logo on a mince pie, mulled winter warmers and festive cups: the best new Christmas products

Christmas meals – the cornerstone of the ‘golden quarter’ of trading – are a big profit generator for many hospitality venues.

 

For restaurants, cafés and hotels, refreshing their Christmas food and drink offer is vital to beating the competition and attracting custom.

 

So to ensure sites have everything they need to cover the Christmas demand, we have rounded up the most innovative new food, drink and packaging for the festive season.

 

Find new Christmas helper options below.

 

Branded biscuits

 

Edible branded product supplier Eat My Logo has launched a Christmas collection featuring mince pies and ginger biscuits. The mince pies can be topped with a full-colour design and wrapped in eco-friendly film, and the branded biscuits are available in a variety of shapes, such as Santa, penguins, nutcrackers and the traditional gingerbread men.

 

Price One biscuit from £1.03, based on an order of 250 biscuits

 

Winter warmer for non-drinkers

 

Luscombe Drinks has introduced the Mulled Winter Warmer, a non-alcoholic alternative to mulled wine. The blend of organic fruit and mulling spices includes cherry juice and hibiscus with cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. It contains no artificial additives, sweeteners or concentrates and is gluten-free and vegan friendly. The Luscombe Mulled Winter Warmer can be enjoyed hot or cold and is available in cases of six or 24.

 

Price Six 74cl bottles, £14.50

 

Festive pies to go

 

Savoury bakes supplier Phat Pasty Company has revealed its festive range for 2024. The gluten-free wild boar, apple and cider pie (pictured) is available as a 300g centre plate or 90g mini pie. It joins three other hot-to-go yuletide options: the Phat Christmas dinner pasty, filled with turkey, bacon, sausage and cranberries; the Phat festive chunky sausage roll, with pork, turkey, ham and cranberries; and the Phat Festive Vegan Bake, a puff pastry slice filled with mushrooms, cranberries and pea protein chunks in a coconut milk sauce.

 

Price Festive sausage rolls, 75p each (on offer from Bidfood)

 

Green seasonal cups

 

Celebration Packaging has launched a range of EnviroWare double-wall paper hot drink cups featuring festive green and red designs. The cups come in either holly green or Santa Claus red with white Christmas icons and in 8oz and 12oz sizes, with optional CPLA and bagasse sipper domed lids. The double-walled cups are made from FSC-certified paper and lined with a PLA plant starch moisture barrier and are commercially compostable and certified recyclable.

 

Price Case of 500 8oz cups, £45.43

 

Cakes for all Christmas occasions

 

Love Handmade Cakes has launched 15 products as part its 2024 Christmas range, including grab-and-go classics such as decorated gingerbread and chocolate and vanilla cupcakes, available in standard or mini formats. Each are available in cases of 24, and all cupcakes come housed in their own clam case. Twists on coffee shop favourites include spiced flapjacks, mini yule logs and brandy-flavoured iced fruit loaves and wreaths. In addition there are desserts developed for restaurant menus, such as a clementine and chocolate cake, which serves 14.

 

Price 12 spiced Christmas flapjacks, £8.75