Is there such a thing as a decent shop bought pie?

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I want pie for dinner next week. I do not want to make the pie, as I'll be baking about 5 different ones due to various diets in the household.
Vegetarian, austism, fussiness, stubbornness.

I just want to buy the pies. However, I want a decent, tasty pie, for all of our preferences.

Any suggestions I would be so grateful for

Pieminster individual pies especially the one called Kevin which my children find funny as it’s the name of our deceased hamster

I like Higgedy pies, especially the ones with cherry tomatoes and feta cheese.

the sainsburys own brand ones are tasty and come in a variety of types x

Pieminister Heidi pie is vegetarian and yummy, they do a range of other too but they are individual. Often on 2 for £x in Tesco, and I expect other supermarkets will have offers on at various points.

Go to a local farm shop or deli?

I think you have to go to a farmers market or small specialist shop. Maybe Cook. ( but never tried them)? I think it might be easier to manage make your own but use ready made pastry.

John Thorner’s pies are lovely - really well filled and great pastry.

Have you got a farm shop near you?
Ours does great pies. Other than that Pieminster ones are ok

The mushroom pie from the M&S vegan range is delicious. Lovely pastry and rich gravy. Charlie Bigham does a steak pie which I'm told is very good as "not herby".

Marks and Spencer have a to die for meat pie to serve 4 (or 2 greedy people). It is the best pie I have ever tasted and I used to eat a lot of them. Pieminster and pukka are ok but their recipes have changed as they’ve become bigger companies. I don’t know if marks do a veg pie though. They may do a pasty type thing. To me it’s all in the butter pastry...

Agrees with poster up thread about Higgedy pies. Great veggie range (and vegan!). They are expensive though....and I can only ever find a decent range is sainsbury's.

Oh, so many replies so quickly.
I see a couple of votes for higgidy.

CCquavers - what is the pie called? Steak?

I'd ideally like to get them all from under the same roof, if possible.

Just 1 vegetarian in the house, the rest of us like (different) pie fillings for all the above reasons.

Damn threads like this make me miss the UK.

I had a leek and potato pukka pie last week as they were on offer for £1 I wasn't expecting much but actually it was really nice. I got my Dp a steak and a chicken one and he said they were nice.

They were all individual sized so you could get different ones for different people.

M and S Pies are the best!

I agree that it's M&S all the way! DH refuses to eat them from anywhere else.

Mr Nice Pie. Might only be in Wales though.

I'll second(third?) Pieminister.

Damn. This thread has forced me to add a load of pies to my online shop!

Aldi's are fine, they have several kinds including 3 veggie options