Snow wiped out a huge amount of garden centre trade last week but provided great opportunity for sales of winter products and wild bird care.
Week three of this year compares almost exactly with week 2 in 2010 when we had the start of a long spell with snow on the ground for weeks.
Fortunately the weather is forecast to warm up this weeeknd so hopefully the freeze won’t keep customers off their gardens for too long.
While garden products, veg to grow and compost sales all suffered from very low total volume sales, there was good volume sales in winter products such as sledges, de-icers, logs and coal.
The cold snap has also spurred Wild Bird Care sales into life as well.
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