UK’s food sales soar as Brits adopt Thanksgiving
Online retailer Amazon.co.uk said it had seen a surge in sales of Thanksgiving-related foods such as pumpkin spice cookies, with the sales of some products soaring by as much as 1,500 per cent on this time last year.
Meanwhile, a study from Waitrose found that one in six Brits plans to embrace Thanksgiving this year as the retailer reported a 95 per cent increase in sales of turkey – the traditional Thanksgiving centrepiece – this month compared with last November.
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Nancy Lynner, president of the American Women’s Club of Central Scotland, said she had noticed an increasing trend for shops selling US products around Thanksgiving time: “I think British people really love the idea of Thanksgiving. It is such a nice reason to celebrate.
“It is a lot of Americans’ favourite holiday because it doesn’t have the pressures of others – there is no religious affiliation and no presents.”
In the UK, London – home to a third of American expats in the UK – saw the highest sales of Thanksgiving products according to Amazon, with Glasgow coming in fifth behind Bristol, Manchester and Belfast.
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