{"id":205045,"date":"2017-10-27T11:44:09","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T10:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.finder.com\/uk\/?p=205045"},"modified":"2024-02-22T12:13:08","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T12:13:08","slug":"press-release-october-2017-brits-are-expected-to-spend-25-13-million-on-pumpkin-carving-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finder.com\/uk\/media\/press-release-october-2017-brits-are-expected-to-spend-25-13-million-on-pumpkin-carving-this-year","title":{"rendered":"Brits are expected to spend \u00a325.13 million on pumpkin carving this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">27 October 2017- This Halloween, Brits are expected to spend <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finder.com\/uk\/banking\/halloween-statistics\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a325.13 million<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on pumpkin carving according to research conducted by price comparison site, finder.com.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A quarter of Brits (25.1 percent) will take part in the Halloween tradition of pumpkin carving this year with 31.5 percent of women planning to carve pumpkins compared to 20.8 percent of men.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Mintel, Brits are expected to spend \u00a3320 million in total on Halloween this year, up 3.2 percent (\u00a3310 million) from last year, with pumpkins falling into the top 5 halloween purchases.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jon Ostler, CEO (UK) at finder.com says, &#8220;Halloween has become the UK&#8217;s second largest retail holiday after Christmas. With kids and adults alike getting swept up in the spooky atmosphere, the price of sweets, chocolate, fancy dress items, decorations and cosmetics can quickly add up costing Brits more in Halloween spending this weekend.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please find the following stats on pumpkin carving habits in the UK below:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Average price of a pumpkin in October 2017 = \u00a31.51<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Percentage of Brits planning to carve pumpkins = 25.1 percent<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Number of Brits that plan to carve pumpkins = 16,643,361<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Total pumpkin carving expenditure = \u00a325.13 million<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information about finder&#8217;s research please visit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finder.com\/uk\/banking\/halloween-statistics\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the page.<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A conservative estimate of 25.1% of the total UK population was used to calculate the number of pumpkins carved equating to 16,643,361 people as of October 26, 2017 (source: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldometers.info\/world-population\/uk-population\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Worldometers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). 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