best sellers


Bakers & Larners of Holt 8 Market Place, Holt, Norfolk


Thanks to Sharon Hayman


Tradestock Alternato ladies’ gin glass £5.99 & adies’ gin coaster £1.99 This glass is our number one best seller for the second year in a row. A great gifting product


Jutexpo Emma Bridgewater foldaway bag £4.99 With the focus on sustainability, teamed with Emma Bridgewater designs, these bags are great till side purchases


Stubbs Rather Be Mugs £8.50 Good fun gift for relatives and friends with a hobby or a passion for something


Chilly’s bottles from £15 With stylish designs and packaging, customers have really taken to this brand


Horwood Stellar Rocktanium frying pans from £36 Most of our staff have switched to this pan and absolutely love its non-stick and healthy cooking surface


Acctim alarm clocks from £8.99 Thought alarm clocks were a thing of the past? Not for our store. We’ve had to increase our range to meet demand


Neat Ideas Rapid Chop £10 Customers love the idea of chopping something quickly with no need for a chopping board


David Mason Designs Artisan range from £4.99 An appealing country theme and good price point


Dartington Crystal pack of six wine glasses £19.99 This promotional range gives value for money with a good brand name behind it


Eddingtons paper straws from £2.25 We’ve increased the number of designs and colours to reflect the seasons


Emma Bridgewater half pint mug £19.95 We carry an extensive Emma Bridgewater range and have a good customer following


Rayware Group Kilner jars from £1.99 We sell lots in all shapes and sizes year round for preserving and storage


Lawsons


Plymouth. Tavistock, Totnes, Ivybridge Thanks to Liz Lawson


Magimix 4200XL Food Processor


Satin 18471 £299.99 A great alternative to the food mixer and does twice as much. Makes a great luxury present


Tradestock Alternato ladies’ & gentlemen’s gin glasses £6.50 each Gin glasses are still selling well


Jeray Port Sippers 2-pack £8 A festive favourite


The Big Cheese Making Kit cheese making kits £25 each Especially the vegan kit this year - in fact anything to do with cheese!


Dartington Crystal Just the One gift-boxed glasses from £10 A great pick up gift


Grunwerg Global 3-piece knife set £199.95/Robert Welch Designs Home Chef 3-piece knife set £99 Top end knife sets always sell well at this time of year


Bodum Stainless Steel travel mug £15 Perfect stocking filler or workplace gift


Eddingtons turkey-shaped turkey baster £6 Great fun - it makes the cooks laugh


New Soda Big Peeler £8 Every cook should have one to tackle winter root veg/pumpkins/squashes


Salter Instant Read Digital Thermometer 518 £13.99 Ideal for cooking the big bird!


KitchenCraft Onion Goggles £7.99 They make everyone laugh - and a great gift


DKB Household Jamie Oliver Acacia Wood carving board £29.99


Beautiful dark wood 20 years ago this month in Housewares Magazine…


• A single set of yellow Le Creuset cast iron pans sold for $24,000 at a Christie’s auction in New York of the personal effects of the late Hollywood star Marilyn Monroe.


• Unbranded teaspoons (£1 for six) , Zassenhaus ceramic mills, Stellar 1000 loose stock and Zassenhaus salt & pepper mills were the best-selling housewares products at Lawsons in Plymouth, Marchants Cookware Emporium in Bury St Edmunds, Menarys in Co Tyrone and Pinner Cookshop in Greater London respectively.


• Cutlery and silverware supplier Arthur Price launched its first ever TV campaign. The advert depicted an elegant dinner party which dissolved into chaos because of the lack of decent cutlery, ending with the tagline ‘England just wouldn’t be England without Arthur Price cutlery’.


• Horwood Homewares topped the top ten league of Housewares Magazine’s Best of Best Sellers 1999 survey,


followed by KitchenCraft, Dexam Housewares, I Grunwerg, Le Creuset, Meyer, Beam Distribution, AJ Boulton, Brabantia and TTC.


• Non-stick giant DuPont unveiled a global corporate advertising campaign with the aim of highlighting the company’s commitment to ‘helping serve humanity and drive sustainable growth’.


• Tablemat makers Kelsey Giftware and Lady Clare merged to form the Lady Clare Group.


• The BBC announced that the second TV series of Delia Smith’s ‘How To Cook’ was due to hit screens in January 2000, with the accompanying book published by BBC Worldwide in December 1999.


Source: Housewares Magazine November/December 1999


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