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The Grocer’s 2025 Review of the Year dives into the biggest stories to splash across our pages this year. From PR shockers to villains, u-turns, scandals and more, stay tuned throughout December

Sugar crash of the year: Urban Legend doughnuts go under

It turns out that people don’t want healthy doughnuts. Well, not enough people, anyway. When Urban Legend went under in September it prompted a great deal of navel gazing – and it wasn’t to check whether said navel had shrunk after switching to the brand’s products.

So, what went wrong exactly? There are many answers to that – and The Grocer examined it at length – but as ever when healthier takes on treat foods fail, it seems to have come down to taste.

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