It appears that shoppers at two Sunshine Coast supermarkets are really relishing the festive season.
Sales data from Coles revealed that shoppers at the supermarket giant’s Nambour outlet love their Christmas puddings, while shoppers at Noosa are mad for mangoes.
The two stores have sold more of the popular Christmas goods than any other Coles store in Queensland.
Coles also revealed which states have the biggest appetite for its popular festive items this Christmas.
Queenslanders will tuck into more Christmas hams per capita than NSW and Tasmanian customers combined, enough of the Christmas classic to fill more than seven jumbo jets.
Data also revealed mangoes and cherries are also at the top of Queensland customers’ shopping lists, purchasing the most per capita than any other state or territory.
NSW shoppers are purchasing the most prawns, salmon and oysters, indulging in more than triple the volume of seafood than South Australia and Tasmania, while Victorians snap up the most lobsters per capita.
Western and South Australians are the biggest sweet tooths this festive season, devouring the most puddings, fruit mince pies and pavlovas per capita.
While data per capita shows Queenslanders also trump the nation for the most Christmas crackers purchased to date, Tasmanian customers are topping the list with the most wrapping paper purchased at Coles.
What’s flying off Coles’ shelves in record volumes Australia-wide
• Coles is expecting to sell 3 million kilos of hams and 300,000 kilos of turkeys.
• More than 720,000 kilos of prawns, with 10 times more fresh prawns sold in the week leading up to Christmas Day compared to a standard week.
• Around 600,000 pieces of salmon and rock lobsters.
• More than 6.5 million pavs, puddings and fruit mince pies expected to sell=.
• Nearly 3 million kilos of cherries, which is 35 per cent more than last year.
• 7.5 million mangoes.
• 75,000 rolls of wrapping paper.
- 13,000 bon bons.
How Australians are feeling about Christmas
• 2 in 3 said they will spend Christmas either at their home or the home of friends or family.
• Christmas lunch is the most popular celebration with 73 per cent choosing to get together over a festive lunch compared to dinner.
• 72 per cent said ‘price’ is the most important factor when shopping for Christmas, followed by freshness, taste and quality.
• 52 per cent of Australians are hunting for specials now more than ever before.
• Nearly half of respondents said they manage spending through shopping specials and promotions and 40 per cent said they compare supermarket prices through catalogues.
• 42 per cent will use a form of cashback vouchers/loyalty rewards to lower the costs.
• More than 60 per cent are planning to buy a Christmas ham followed by salads, roasts other than lamb and desserts.
• Fruit mince pies, Christmas hams and puddings are favourite festive food,
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