FOOD manufacturer Peter’s Food has teamed up with one of the UK’s best-known cheddar cheese brands to launch a range of pasties.

Peter’s, which has its regional headquarters in Durham, is working alongside Pilgrim’s Choice to make pasties for its new premier range. Available in cheese and onion, Cornish, chicken and pork and cider varieties, they will be stocked in Tesco and Sainsbury’s across the UK.

They supplement Peter’s premier range of pies, which was launched last year, and has taken the food company and Devon-based cheese company seven months to plan.

James Osgood, marketing director at Peter’s, said: “The premier range of pies were extremely well received. Our aim now has been to create a range of pasties that is both classic and innovative and we are very confident they will be equally popular.

“Certainly being able to link up with Pilgrim’s Choice, which is one of the UK’s top cheese brands, has given us a depth of flavour unrivalled in our sector.”