Title:Ice cream in waffle cup becomes World Cup fans' most popular dessert

MOSCOW, June 19. /TASS/. Ice-cream sales in Moscow have grown by half in the days of the 2018 World Cup, General Director of the Union of ice cream producers of Russia Gennady Yashin told TASS.

俄罗斯冰淇淋生产商联盟局长根纳迪·亚辛(Gennady Yashin TASS)说，2018年世界杯期间，莫斯科的冰淇淋销量增长了一半。

"If we usually sell about 200 tonnes per day, now it is 300 tonnes per day," he said. Yashin referred to the data on sales his organization received from the city outlets selling ice cream.

他说：“如果我们每天通常售出约200吨，现在每天只有300吨。雅辛提到了他从销售冰淇淋的城市渠道收到的销售数据。

According to him, ice cream in a waffle cup is the most popular with the foreign guests of the Russian capital and its daily sales total 120-130 tonnes.

据他说，华夫饼杯中的冰淇淋在俄罗斯首都的外国客人中最受欢迎，每天的销售总额为120-130吨。

"Firstly, it's delicious, and secondly, it's a novelty for them (the guests of the World Cup)," Yashin said.

亚辛说：“首先，这好极了，其次，这对他们（世界杯的客人）来说是个新奇事。”

Eskimo (ice cream on a stick in a chocolate glazing) and fruit ice cream are second and third most popular types of ice-cream - they account for 10-15% of the total sales respectively.

爱斯基摩（巧克力冰激凌）和果冰激凌是第二类和第三类最流行的冰淇淋，分别占总销售额的10-15%。

"Given that the weather is fine now, we expect sales to grow to 400 tonnes per day," Yashin said.

亚辛说：“由于天气晴朗，我们预计每天的销售量将增至400吨。“

According to him, normally, such volume of sales can be observed only by mid-July under good weather conditions.

据他说，这种销售量通常在7月中旬才能在良好的天气条件下出现。