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Mega bites In focus: Savoury snacking

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An evergreen and resilient category, crisps, snacks and nuts is worth more than £4.29bn in retail sales value across the UK and is growing by 12.5% year on year. It is especially important to independent convenience stores as, on average, consumers snack more than five…

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