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Starbar joins Cadbury Duos range

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Cadbury is expanding its Duos range by bringing another one of its leading singles bars into this growing format. Olena Solodka, brand manager for Cadbury StarBar at Mondelēz International, said: “This is a brilliant time for Cadbury StarBar to be expanding into Duos; this shopper…

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