Police were called to keep the calm as shoppers queued for hours to get their hands on the high-end kitchenware.

Credit: homeatnumber11_/TikTokWhile Le Creuset cookware has long been seen as the ultimate middle-class status symbol, the expensive price tags often put the colourful pans out of reach for many.So perhaps it was no surprise that police were called to deal with a four-hour long queue of hundreds of people snaking for several miles around a Hampshire industrial estate when the French kitchenware company had a weekend-long sale with dramatic reductions.

There were enormous queues and traffic mayhem outside Le Creuset's warehouse in Andover after the kitchenware brand announced a huge sale with lavish items for half price

Traffic chaos ensues at Le Creuset sale in Andover; hundreds queue for discounted cookware, leading to significant delays.

Police were called to a Le Creuset warehouse over the weekend after a sale sparked mile-long queues. The cookware brand held a sale at its warehouse in Andover, Hampshire, leaving shoppers waiting more than four-hours to grab themselves a bargain.

A Le Creuset sale prompted four-hour queues to get into the Andover warehouse and a police response on Saturday, 9 November. The walk-in event was advertised as the brand's "largest in-person event" where shoppers could purchase "a selection of premium cookware,