Sales of marmalade rose in September as the nation paid tribute to the Queen. The popular citrus preserve gained an association with the late monarch thanks to her appearance in a sketch alongside Paddington Bear.
And it appears many shoppers in the UK marked the Queen's passing by buying a jar of marmalade. Sales were up by 18% in September, figures from market researcher Kantar show.
In the Paddington sketch, which was made to mark the Platinum Jubilee earlier this year, the Queen revealed while having tea with the bear that she keeps a marmalade sandwich in her handbag. After her death last month, a number of marmalade sandwiches were left alongside floral tributes outside royal residences.
