The public is on course to shell out £200m on food and drink this weekend, one retail body predicts.
The British public is refusing to let typical bank holiday weather spoil its Coronation plans and is gearing up for street parties and family celebrations.
Party products and traditional British fayre are in high demand and brands are offering royal-themed ranges.Tesco said it was on track to sell 675,000 pork pies and 300,000 pots of clotted cream. Dozens of products from pork pies and golden syrup to gin and elderflower cordial have gone purple and gold or tweaked their branding to feature Buckingham Palace, crowns and bunting. Ikea is offering a coronation chicken flavour sauce on its famous meatballs.
Founder Kerry Whitney said she had been "running around like a headless chicken" over the past fortnight to complete more than a thousand orders for crowns, bandanas and bow ties. Asda said its Coronation cushion and King Charles teapot had proven popular and it had sold 3,000 of each respectively. John Lewis said sales of its Coronation spoon were strong.Halcyon Days holds a royal warrant and makes Coronation plates and souvenirs from its factories in Stoke on Trent and the Midlands.demand had been "absolutely extraordinary" in the last few months.
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