WE SCOFF PIES TO BEAT THE FREEZE

Hot dishes fight off the cold but pile on pounds

- JAMES CAVEN

THE big freeze is fuelling our waistlines as the nation turns to comfort foods such as pies to get us through the icy weather.

Hearty calorie-laden winter food sales are going through the roof as temperatures nosedive to -10C in an Arctic chill.

Retail trend data shows 20million pies alone are set to Retail trend data shows 2 be scoffed through the current two-week freeze.