date:Sep 08, 2012
r taste for sorbets. Sales were valued at 5M last year, down by 17% from 6M in 2009.
Volume sales have also fallen, down by 7% from 374M litres in 2007 to 347M litres this year.
While Mintel forecasts a 12% rise in value sales to 1.2bn by 2017, volume is expected to fall by 7% to 324M litres.
Old fashioned tubs
Up to 85% of all Britons buy ice cream. Ice cream sticks are bought by one-in-two (51%) of consumers. Nearly a half of Britons (49%) prefer a tub of old fashioned ice cream while more