top 20 purchase uk booze n fags!!

By Sky News SkyNews - 38 minutes ago
Cigarettes and alcohol make up 13 of the top 20 brands sold in supermarkets and grocery stores across the UK, a report says.
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Shoppers spent the most money on Lambert & Butler King Size - a whopping £1.379 bn - during 2007, putting it in the number one spot.
This is despite repeated warnings about the health risks of smoking and drinking too much.
Coca-Cola came in second place at £940m, according to trade magazine The Grocer.
Cigarette brands Marlboro King Size Gold, Mayfair King Size and Benson & Hedges King Size Gold took third, fourth and fifth places in the ranking.
The alcohol brands which made it into the top 20 products of 2007 by sales value were Stella Artois, Carling and Fosters.
Total cigarette sales increased by 4.4% in value this year to £9.75bn but the volume of sales fell by 2% as people smoked fewer cigarettes.
These are the UK's top 20 products as sold in the supermarkets, off-licences and grocery stores, according to their retail sales value:
:: Lambert & Butler King Size - £1.379bn
:: Coca-Cola - £940.1m
:: Marlboro King Size Gold - £654.3m
:: Mayfair King Size - £651.5m
:: Benson & Hedges King Size Gold - £630.5m
:: Richmond Superkings - £521.7m
:: Stella Artois - £518.1m
:: Warburtons - £472m
:: Richmond King Size - £465.7m
:: Walkers Crisps - £416.6m
:: Hovis - £380.6m
:: Cadbury Dairy Milk - £370.3m
:: Carling - £360.7m
:: SMA Gold - £331.5m
:: Silk Cut Purple - £329.3m
:: Andrex - £329m
:: Fosters - £322m
:: Royals King Size Red - £314.9m
:: Benson & Hedges King Size Silver - £303.7m
:: Superkings - £287.5m

But sad really!!

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