ALAN Davis, who runs the Authentic Bread Company in Gloucester, says that he sold 47 tonnes of Christmas mincemeat to Prince Charles’ Duchy Originals food company in 2005. That figure is a hefty increase on the 14 tonnes sold in 2004.

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