Steve Dwyer
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Steve Dwyer
Page 18Minis Are King
In the retail world, middle-tier product varieties can often get pinched at the flanks--the victim of sales declines coming at the expense of smaller and larger brand counterparts. Welcome to the world of the standard-size 1.55-ounce candy variety, a longtime driver of chocolate impulse sales.
Confection Direction
Reilly Musser knows her customers love the new “hand-to-mouth” confection products—resealable, shareable pouches of unwrapped, bite-sized sweets. Musser, category manager for Santa Clara, Calif.-based Robinson Oil, which has 18 Rotten Robbie c-stores and a few kiosk-type locations, sees the upside of the trend toward bite-sized.