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"We will lose £600-£700 a day. One day might be bearable but it will be impossible to recuperate that total cost," says Prasanna Callaghan, owner of Crumpets Cafe in Buckingham Gate, central London.

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2025

But for Prasanna Callaghan, who runs Crumpets café near Buckingham Palace, the proposed advertising ban on baked goods is "bonkers."

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2024

"Crumpets have never been allowed in my household," says Gemma Perkins, from Dudley.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2019

Nothing came of this ingenious idea for keeping the Crumpets in fighting trim, so Ed Crump had to go on putting up with Tom Collier.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Muffin Man! hark, I hear His small bell tinkle shrill and clear; Muffins and Crumpets nice he brings, While on the fire the kettle sings.

From A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern by Hindley, Charles