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Mother’s Day chocolate sales up on previous year

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Data from PayPoint’s network of 28,000 retail partners reveals that sales of chocolates saw a massive spike ahead of Mother’s Day. The data, which captured sales from the 8 days prior to Mother’s Day against the same date range last year, also shows a soar in sales of Maltesers (41%), Galaxy Caramel (39%) and Aero …

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