Fizz, quiche and bunting flying off shelves, with Britons forecast to spend £200m on weekend festivities
High street retailers are reporting a “coronation effect” sales boost as shoppers make a last-minute dash to the shops to stock up on party fare including bunting, champagne and cakes for this weekend’s celebrations.
With household budgets under pressure, Lidl said shoppers were also heading there to buy affordable fizzy wine, with sales of its £14 Carpentier champagne brut up by more than 60%. It said it had also sold enough bunting to line the coronation procession route 75 times over.
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