Courtney Pochin

Courtney Pochin | Senior Lifestyle Reporter

As Metro's specialist food writer, Courtney covers the latest food and drink trends, new restaurant openings, and consumer news. She also writes more generally about women's issues, relationships, travel, and her love for Taylor Swift.

Email Courtney Pochincourtney.pochin@metro.co.uk

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Ribena fans distraught as brand confirms change that made drink 'taste weird'

Channel: Food Food 14 hours ago By Courtney Pochin
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Channel: Lifestyle Lifestyle 13 hours ago By Courtney Pochin
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Channel: Shopping Shopping 4 days ago By Courtney Pochin
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Walkers fans fuming as crisp giant teases ‘criminal’ salt and vinegar change

Channel: Food Food 5 days ago By Courtney Pochin
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Starbucks unveils nostalgic cartoon range and fans are going wild over 'cute' new drink

Channel: Food Food 5 days ago By Courtney Pochin
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McDonald's fans bemused by new dessert that looks like 'leek and croutons'

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Lidl just launched its ‘best ever’ bakery item — and it’s only 89p

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Tesco adds ‘food of the gods’ to its £3.60 supermarket meal deal

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Lindt chocolate products sit on display inside the Lindt & Spruengli AG store at the company's factory in Kilchberg, near Zurich, Switzerland.

Supermarket imposes strict new rule for shoppers buying 'dream' Lindt chocolate bar

Channel: Food Food 6 days ago By Courtney Pochin
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I tried Marks & Spencer's phenomenal new hot cross bun — even haters will love it

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'Top tier' US fast food chain confirms UK launch with free burgers

Channel: Food Food March 25, 2025 By Courtney Pochin
Italy's Mount Stromboli volcano with smoke emerging from the top.

I cruised through four European hotspots — but the best moments happened at sea

Channel: Travel Travel 5 days ago By Courtney Pochin
McDonald's logo with fries and a bag of food

McDonald’s is finally launching its first-ever ‘adult Happy Meal’ in the UK

Channel: Food Food March 21, 2025 By Courtney Pochin
An interior shot of a Subway, showin restaurant worker making a sandwich behind the counter

Fast food fans don't know what to make of UK chain's 'vile' new sandwich

Channel: Food Food March 20, 2025 By Courtney Pochin
Bottles of Lipton ice tea on a blue and yellow background

Brits in tears and demanding compensation over 'cruel' Lipton Ice Tea stunt

Channel: Food Food March 19, 2025 By Courtney Pochin
A spread of food from fast food chain Captain D's including a fish sandwich, green beans, battered fish and chips

US 'McDonald's of the sea' promises to beat British chippies ahead of UK launch

Channel: Food Food March 19, 2025 By Courtney Pochin
Lizzy Dinsdale, a chocolate scientist for Mars and pictures of iconic Mars chocolate bars including Twix, Snickers and Galaxy on a colourful background

I help bring back discontinued chocolate bars — this is why they taste different

Channel: Food Food March 20, 2025 By Courtney Pochin
A brand of Asda in Bristol, England

Asda is axing 6,000 products from its supermarket range across the UK

Channel: Shopping Shopping March 18, 2025 By Courtney Pochin
Three McDonald's Happy Meal boxes on a table in a living room, with a grey sofa behind them

McDonald's announces 'biggest' Happy Meal change in years is coming to UK

Channel: Food Food March 17, 2025 By Courtney Pochin
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Major airline is launching ‘revolutionary’ 15-minute air taxi service in the UK

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