article_snippet.sent: Britain's heatwave has sent ice cream sales soaring - and the warm weather is set to last with the country predicted to be hotter than Ibiza, Athens and Barcelona tomorrow.
article_snippet.sent: Some ice cream vendors say Some ice cream vendors have had Some ice cream vendors busiest April ever as Britons cool off, with the balmy conditions set to continue.
article_snippet.sent: Britain's heatwave has sent ice cream sales soaring, with Lily and Jack Manning, aged 11 and six, enjoying the treat in Old Portsmouth this afternoon .
article_snippet.sent: Ice cream vendor Katy Alston, 47, known as Mrs Whippy to Mrs Whippy customers in the Sussex towns of Bognor Regis and Chichester, said the good weather has sent ice cream sales through the roof.
article_snippet.sent: Mrs Whippy said: 'We have had a nice warm April and it has been absolutely amazing for sales. '
article_snippet.sent: We did an event last week at Chichester University and sold out of ice creams in 40 minutes.
article_snippet.sent: Everybody says people eat ice cream all year round whatever the weather, but people don't.
article_snippet.sent: Ms Alston, who runs the business with her daughter Georgia, 23, who is known as Little Miss Whippy, said the traditional 99s, and lemonade and cherry brandy ice lollies are her biggest sellers.
article_snippet.sent: Some ice cream vendors say Some ice cream vendors have had Some ice cream vendors busiest April ever as Britons cool off, including two-year-old Fernella, who looked to be enjoying her cold Smarties treat in Cannon Hill Park in Birmingham .
article_snippet.sent: A spokesman for the Ice Cream Alliance, which represents UK sellers, said: 'The hot weather has given ice cream sales a terrific start to the summer season. '
article_snippet.sent: Some of our members have reported an increase in sales of ice creams and lollies of 400 per cent, all due to the sunny weather.'
highlights_snippet.sent: Britain's heatwave sends ice creams sales soaring - with some vendors seeing a 400 per cent rise in sales .
  