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The UK's appetite for home baking shows no signs of abating, according to the latest data from GfK.
Read More »Celebrity cooks dominate book chart
The top seven spots in the list of best-selling non-fiction hardback books for the week ending March 31 are filled with cookery titles written by celebrity chefs.
Read More »North-west gets baking this weekend
The second edition of the Cake & Bake Show kicks off this weekend at Manchester Central.
Read More »Cooking & Dining enjoys record sales week at John Lewis
The Easter weekend drove strong sales across the Home category at John Lewis, delivering a record week to March 30 for Cooking and Dining, and driving sales up 11% against the like-for-like period.
Read More »Waitrose reports biggest ever week outside Xmas
Total sales (excluding petrol) at Waitrose were £140.7m in the week to March 30, representing its biggest sales week ever outside of Christmas, as shoppers stocked up with Easter treats for the long weekend ahead.
Read More »Baking & cooking tops Hobbycraft survey
New statistics reveal that baking and cooking tops the nation's list of favourite creative family activities, with nearly 75% of parents saying they regularly don aprons and reach for their whisks to bake up culinary delights with their kids, according to a survey by arts and crafts retailer Hobbycraft.
Read More »Retailers ‘punished’ by March weather
Retail footfall levels across the UK rose by 3.8% in March over February - but were 6% down on March 2012, according to the latest monthly Retail Traffic Index, compiled by Ipsos Retail Performance.
Read More »Carrier bag charging commences in Northern Ireland
Retailers have diverted significant time and money to preparing staff and stores for the introduction of carrier bag charging today - but there is still a risk of initial customer confusion and conflict, according to the Northern Ireland Retail Consortium (NIRC).
Read More »Kitchens flies the flag for St George’s Day
South-west cookshop chain Kitchens is preparing to celebrate St George's Day on April 23 with a patriotic promotion.
Read More »ASA finds Morphy Richards advert ‘likely to mislead’
A Dyson complaint against a Morphy Richards vacuum cleaner advert has led to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruling that the advert is 'likely to mislead' consumers.
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