Spooky! Last Year’s Halloween Candy Sales Were $ 2.1 Billion, Making it Largest Candy Season of the Year; 73.4% Of Consumers Will Hand Out Candy This Year

Posted in Diabetes Articles, SUGAR SHOCKERS! by Connie Bennett on October 27th, 2006
Talk about spooky! Here's some SUGAR SHOCKING! news that's enough to give the nutrition minded amongst us wide-awake ghoulish, goblin-filled nightmares. Last year, Halloween candy sales scarily climbed to some $2.1 billion, making it the largest candy season of the year, according to the National Confectioners Association (NCA). (Think SUGAR SHOCK! nation this month rather than Fast Food Nation, where candy corn and licorice are in; but French fries and onion rings are momentarily out.) Check out more startling findings from the National Confectioners Association: 2005 candy sales were 2.3% higher than the year before. This estimate includes chocolate candy,...
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