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Grocery retailers, candy brands rethink impulse purchases

Online shopping and healthy eating are taking a bite out of confection category

Mark Hamstra

January 7, 2020

9 Min Read
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Data from IRI showed chocolate candy unit sales down about 1.4% in supermarkets and non-chocolate candy sales down about 2.4% in the 52 weeks through April 2019.ShotShare/iStock/Getty Images Plus

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Mark Hamstra

Mark Hamstra is a freelance business writer with experience covering a range of topics and industries, including food and mass retailing, the restaurant industry, direct/mobile marketing, and technology. Before becoming a freelance business journalist, Mark spent 13 years at Supermarket News, most recently as Content Director, where he was involved in all areas of editorial planning and production for print and online. Earlier in his career he also worked as a reporter and editor at other business publications, including Financial Technology, Direct Marketing News, Nation’s Restaurant News and Drug Store News.

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