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Article: Super Bowl spending: The Super Bowl ranks behind Thanksgiving as the second most popular food day of the year as Americans munch 30.4 million pounds of snack food. And spending.
- Article from:
- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)
- Article date:
- February 2, 2006
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Byline: Mark Chediak
Feb. 2--ABC Fine Wine & Spirits has piled up extra cases of beer and liquor. Flyers Wings & Grill has ordered more than two tons of chicken wings. The Sports Fan-Attic has stocked up on football jerseys and hats.
While Super Bowl XL will be played Sunday half a continent away -- and the nearest team is a 1,000-mile rooting distance from Orlando -- the big game is still expected to ring up super sales here at places ranging from sports apparel shops to caterers.
"The Super Bowl is kind of its own holiday," said Vicky Prillhart, regional sales manager for ABC, who noted that sales at her stores typically double in the hours ...