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   Snidely to All   
   Re: Halloween Candy Ghosting   
   01 Nov 21 19:52:12   
   
   From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   Howard pounded on thar keyboard to tell us   
   > I was in a grocery store today and there was no day after candy sale -- the   
   > aisle already had Christmas candy for sale.   
   >   
   > Is it my imagination that seasonal candy is disappearing much more quickly   
   > from stores after holidays? Is it just related to the stores I stop by? Or   
   > are retailers being a lot more agressive about moving on?   
      
   Or was there a smaller stock of candy available as supply chain   
   tangles, cacao plantation problems, and slow resumption of activity   
   post-Covid got factored in?   
      
   Probably all of the above.   
      
   /dps   
      
      
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