Best supermarket picnic food 2025

Good Food Summer Taste Awards 2025 winners: best picnic food

Best coleslaw

Winner: Co-op Irresistible Deliciously Rich Coleslaw

Here's a quality traditional coleslaw. All the elements are well balanced – it's creamy, nicely acidic, has good crunch and is well seasoned.

Available from:
Co-op in-store (£1.95/300g)

Highly commended: Lidl Deluxe Premium Coleslaw

Here's another good traditional coleslaw for your barbecue feast. It's got good crunch and a pleasant tang.

Available from:
Lidl (£1.29/300g)

Best sausage roll

Joint winner: Co-op Irresistible Perfectly Seasoned Ploughman's Sausage Rolls

As the name suggests, these sausage rolls are cleverly inspired by the flavours of a traditional ploughman's – meaning added cheese and sweet onions in the filling. The pastry is deeply golden with an onion crumb for extra flavour.

Available from:
Co-op in-store (£3.50/4 pack)

Joint winner: Lidl Chef Select Sausage Rolls

These long sausage rolls would be just as good for an on-the-go lunch as a picnic feast. There's a small amount of sausage to pastry, but the sausagemeat is richly seasoned with lots of black pepper. A classic.

Available from:
Lidl in-store (£1.69/360g)

Best vegetarian picnic pastry

Winner: Co-op Irresistible West Country Cheddar & Habanero Chilli Jam Pinwheels

These would be even better given a quick blast in the oven to crisp up the pastry and served warm. Ideal for enjoying in the garden, but they work well for a day out, too. Our judges liked the attractive pinwheel design and intense chilli jam filling.

Available from:
Co-op in-store (£3.50/88g)

Best picnic centrepiece

Winner: Lidl Deluxe Quiche – Maple Bacon

Topped with generous slices of bacon, this large quiche feels worthy of being a centrepiece. The filling is luxurious, firm and creamy, but as the quiche is not too thick, it isn't overwhelming. Instead, it's very moreish, with the bacon adding a pleasing saltiness.

Available from:
Lidl in-store (£2.99)

Highly commended: Tesco Finest Greek Feta & Spinach Quiche

France meets Greece with this quiche. It's attractive with tall pastry, a smart crimped edge, lots of cherry tomatoes on the top and clear chunks of feta. The filling is well seasoned with plenty of herbs.

Available from:
Tesco (£4.25/400g)

Best sharing bread

Winner: Aldi Rosemary & Rock Salt Sharing Focaccia

Everyone will enjoy tearing into this very thick and fluffy focaccia. There is a good sprinkling of rosemary on top and a strong initial olive oil flavour that gives way to soft, white bread.

Available from:
Aldi in-store

Highly commended: Sainsbury's Harissa & Honey Flatbreads

Serve a stack of these paprika-dusted flatbreads alongside dips, ready to tear and dunk, or use as wraps. Surprisingly moreish!

Available from:
Sainsbury's (£1.90/pack of 2)

Best antipasti platter

Winner: Waitrose No.1 Italian Grazing Platter

A grazing platter makes having a picnic a breeze. This has the best selection of ingredients with a good variety of tastes and textures, ensuring there is something for everybody. Artichoke hearts and large caper berries add a touch of luxury, and the meat is high-quality. Pickled onions are an unusual touch, but they're not too strong.

Available from:
Waitrose (£10/380g)

Best hummus

Winner: Waitrose No.1 Extra Virgin Olive Oil Houmous

Deliciously light and fluffy, not too oily or garlicky and with good chickpea flavour, this dip should go down well with everyone.

Available from:

Waitrose (£2.75/170g)

Highly commended: Aldi Specially Selected Extra Smooth Classic Houmous

This version had a complex, lemony flavour and it's decorated with extra chickpeas to look smart if serving up to guests.

Available from:
Aldi in-store (£1.49/170g)

How we tested

We invited 12 supermarkets to submit their best summer products across 16 categories. Packaging was completely removed and judges tasted all items blind. Comments and a weighted score out of 5 for taste, texture and appearance were submitted for each product in the category via anonymous online judging forms. The entire judging process was overseen by an independent adjudicator. This year, the team tested over 140 products.

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