Chocolate-maker says it failed to predict spring surge in sales in UK and Ireland
Britons can now enjoy a pint in a pub or a restaurant meal but it turns out that, after months of hardship, the taste of freedom is a 99 ice-cream.
The heavy rain that has accompanied the lifting of lockdown restrictions has not put off Mr Whippy fans with unexpectedly high sales threatening to exhaust supplies of the mini Flakes that form an essential part of the 99 experience.
