Watch out, Smuckers. A British food firm is celebrating 125 years of doing business by marketing a marmalade that costs nearly $10,000 a jar.
F Duerr & Son's Fine Cut Seville Orange Marmalade with Whisky, Champagne and Gold combines the gourmet fruit with vintage Dalmore 62 whisky from Whyte & Mackay (valued at over $60,000 a bottle), topped off with a splash of Pol Roger Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill 1996 vintage champagne and flakes of 24-carat gold, according to British newspaper The Daily Telegraph.
The premium preserves, packaged in a custom-made crystal jar, would cost $144 to cover a single slice of toast.
Managing director Mark Duerr, told the newspaper: "It's unbelievably good — we tasted it at a board meeting last week for the first time, and were amazed. The whisky comes through immediately. The champagne's more subtle."
The company said it originally planned to sell only one jar via an auction on eBay, with the proceeds going to a local charity. However, executives have been so impressed by the taste that it is considering turning it into a regular product, although with less extravagant ingredients.
That's a good thing, because otherwise we think you'll need to take out a home-equity loan to cover this spread.
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