Longwell Green is sprout capital of Britain for 2nd year running

80,000 Sprouts Sold Every Week - Equivalent To 11 For Every Man Woman And Child!

Longwell Green, a small suburb in Bristol, is Britain's sprout eating capital for the second year running, according to sales figures compiled by ASDA. Norwich was close behind, with third place going to West Bridgford in Nottingham.

On average local residents in Longwell Green munch through eighty thousand sprouts a week, equivalent to 11 sprouts for every man woman and child in the town*.

ASDA general store manager, Michael Jarrett said: "Brussels really are a way of life down here - I wouldn't have a meal without them!"

Once again this year no Scottish or Welsh towns figure in the top 10. In fact sprouts are a real turn off in Scotland, with six towns north of the border appearing in Britain's bottom ten.

Britain's Top Ten Sprout Eating Towns Britain's Bottom Ten Sprout Eating Towns


Place Store Sprout sales per week Place Store Sprout sales per week

1 Longwell Green 80,398 271 271 Walthamstow 5,476

2 Norwich 69,207 270 270 Maryhill (Scotland) 6,642

3 Eastleigh 62,317 269 269 Southampton 8,309

4 Havant 58,166 268 268 Kirkton (Scotland 8,411

5 West Bridgford 57,319 267 267 Middleton Park (Scotland) 9,143

6 Wakefield 56,551 266 266 Longsight (near Didsbury) 10,840

7 Taunton 55,684 265 265 Darlington 11,182

8 Minworth 53,74 9264 264 Bearsden (Scotland) 11,803

9 Derby 53,252 263 263 Falkirk (Scotland) 12,816

10 Gloucester 53,257 262 262 Coatbridge (Scotland) 13,856

• ASDA's sprouts are grown on farms in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire making them all 100% British.

• Sales of sprouts increase ten fold in the final week of Christmas trading.


• Next week ASDA expects to sell 1.5m kilos of sprouts - equivalent to 180m sprouts, or 15 for every single ASDA customer in Britain.

• Just four to six sprouts contain the adult daily vitamin C requirements.

Martin Tate an ASDA sprout grower from Lincolnshire said: "For a man as passionate about Brussels as I am, next week is going to be sprout heaven. We will be picking and packing enough of the little green gems to fill an Olympic swimming pool!"