The latest online statistics on more than 8M Internet users in the UK, 25M worldwide, across 1M websites and over 160 industries.
According to Hitwise UK there has been a surge in searches for 'pick your own' fruit in June. 'Pick your own strawberries' is the most popular search followed by 'pick your own farms'. www.pick-your-own.org.uk is capturing the majority of traffic from searches for 'pick your own strawberries'.
Posted at 10:13 AM
In Categories Food & Wine
According to Hitwise UK, Thorntons.co.uk received its largest ever share of Internet visits last week and was the number one Shopping & Classfieds: Flowers & Gifts website over Easter. Visits to the website had increased by 137% compared to the Easter week in 2007 and were 25% higher than the Christmas 2007 peak.
Posted at 01:01 PM
In Categories Food & Wine
Interest online in restaurant and review websites has increased significantly as visits to the Hitwise Restaurants and Catering industry grew by 29% year-on-year. One third of that increase happened during January 2008 alone. The top three websites visited for the week ending 2 February were Beerintheevening.com, Domino's Pizza UK and Toptable.co.uk.
Posted at 04:01 PM
In Categories Food & Wine
According to Hitwise UK, ordering pizza online continues to grow in popularity, with internet visits to the Domino's Pizza website doubling year-on-year and searches for "dominos" quadrupling. Two-thirds of visits came from visitors between the ages of 18-35 years old.
Posted at 10:50 AM
In Categories Food & Wine
Recent research from Hitwise UK shows Delia Online is the largest recipient of visits from the search term "christmas cake recipes". The most popular variations of recipe this year are, diabetic, jamie oliver, lower calorie and kids.
Posted at 11:01 AM
In Categories Food & Wine