Friday's royal wedding is set to boost shops and pubs with a record £1billion spending spree.
Food and drink is flying off the shelves along with bunting and commemorative memorabilia as the nation plans a day of barbecues and street parties.
When Friday dawns, shoppers are expected to have bought four million bottles of champagne, cava or other bubbly, 20 million bottles and cans of beer, five million punnets of strawberries and 500,000 Union Jack paper cups.
Revellers are also set to snap up 300 miles of patriotic bunting, 500,000 cup cakes, 300,000 frozen cheesecakes and two million extra loaves of sliced bread for the festivities.
Many of the country's 52,000 pubs are already putting up Union Jacks and red, white and blue bunting and balloons. The British Beer and Pub Association estimates bars will pour an extra 100 million pints over the weekend. And 5,500 road closures have been requested to allow street parties.
Total spending on food, drink and souvenirs is set to hit £480million with pub sales over the weekend adding another £500m - more than double the figure for a normal bank holiday.
Last night Asda revealed it expects a sales bonanza including 350,000 royal wedding tea towels and 100,000 boxes of commemorative fudge. The chain also says camping sales are up 56 per cent on last year as shoppers buy extra chairs, bags for party guests.
Tesco says it expects to sell rolls, 200,000 packs of Union 45,000 TVs - and is one of many wedding promotions to boost sundaymirror.co.uk also says camping sales are up 56 per cent on last year as shoppers buy extra chairs, airbeds and sleeping bags for party guests.
Tesco says it expects to sell 40,000 packs of sausage rolls, 200,000 packs of Union Jack party napkins and 45,000 TVs - and is one of many stores running royal wedding promotions to boost last-minute spending.
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