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Spring into action | In focus: Spring confectionery

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Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day and Easter comprise three of the key annual selling opportunities for confectionery. As soon as Christmas was over, retailers were seeing the next phase of sales of sweet treats speeding towards them and stocking their shelves accordingly. There are bumps in…

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