Bananas

The Sun

Tue, Jan 7, 2003

Bananamania at Sun diet

By TOM WORDEN and MARK STEVENSON

SHOPPERS bought MILLIONS of extra bananas yesterday as Britain went crazy for The Sun’s new diet.

Tesco sold 750,000 more nationwide — an increase of 30 per cent — thanks to the tasty way to lose 14lb in 28 days.

Safeway reported a similar rise. A spokesman said:

“Bananas have been flying off shelves thanks to the diet.”

Asda said sales were up 17 per cent across the country.

Shopper Melissa Whitehead, 23, from Kennington, South London — buying bananas near Tower Bridge — said: “I love them. It should be a joy sticking to the diet.”

At Tesco in Surrey Quays, South London, shoppers bought so many bananas that staff were constantly restocking shelves.

Safeway saw the biggest increase in sales at stores in Glasgow, Bristol, Milton Keynes, Basingstoke, Maidstone, and Plymouth.

Shopper Marina Wilkinson, 19, of Middlesbrough, said: “It’s made me realise bananas are good for you.”

Beauty therapist Sheryl Thomas, 28, of Todmorden, West Yorks, bought two bags full and said: “I can’t wait to see what top dishes are in The Sun tomorrow.”

Asda said: “Bananas were already our biggest selling item so a rise of 17 per cent is astonishing.”

Big Brother’s Jonny Regan — playing the genie in Aladdin in Newcastle upon Tyne — said: “I’ll get my panto pals chomping bananas.”

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