Mid-range candy favored "New Year candy" coming from the Chinese New Year <br> <br> only ten days time, Handan city's major supermarkets and stores in a variety of New Year has begun shelves. In many new products, candy as the protagonist of the New Year market also usher in the sales season. The reporter visited the major supermarkets and confectionery wholesalers, and the shopkeepers all said that compared with the same period of last year, the prices of various brands and types of confectionery all rose. The appearance of a "New Year's sugar" on the market is even more visible to the public.

The candy area has become a lively special item and invites people to love. "At this time of the year, the family will prepare some candy for the New Year to eat, but also to buy some parents, many years have been accustomed to this, but this year's candy seems to be more expensive than last year The average price per catty rose by about 2-3 yuan." Recently, Ms. Li said that she purchased New Year's goods in front of a candy counter in the supermarket. With the Spring Festival approaching, as a must-have for New Year's goods - candy, began to gradually hot, the city's candy wholesale market and supermarket candy area slowly lively up, buy the New Year's sugar, the public is endless.

Reporters found in a number of large supermarkets in Handan that the price of sweets has also risen significantly from a few months ago. "After entering mid-to-late December, almost every brand of candy has a different degree of increase." The staff of a supermarket on Jidong Street introduced that the rise of milk sugar is most obvious, for example, during the New Year's Day of the golden monkey milk candy, it was 24.8 yuan/kg. It is now sold at 31.8 yuan/jin. In previous years, it might be possible to buy seventy-eight dollars a pound of fine candy, and now supermarkets are basically at 10 yuan/kg. The closer to the Spring Festival, some of the sweets in bulk may increase by an average of 1 to 2 yuan per catty.

As the price of sweets has risen, the pre-holiday promotional candy launched by the supermarket has attracted the attention of the public. In a supermarket on the Renmin Road, Jacques's original sugar price of 18.8 yuan is now launched with a special price of 15.8 yuan/kg, which has attracted many people to buy it.

Compared with supermarkets, the prices of bulk brand candy in some candy wholesale markets in the city are a little cheaper. The reporter noticed at the candy wholesale market near Labor Road that Jiabaishi, Alps, White Rabbit, Jacques, Xu Fuji, and Golden Monkey were able to classify medium, high, and low grades in the market according to the types of candy, at a rate of RMB 10 per catty. The price of 15 yuan, 17 yuan, and 25 yuan has risen from last year, with an increase of 20% to 30%. Industry insiders reminded that when purchasing bulk sweets, we must observe whether the outer packaging is damaged, whether it is clean and tidy, whether the handwriting is clear, and whether the label is complete and regular. The labels of the confectionery products produced by regular manufacturers are complete and clear, with the product name, QS logo, factory name, site, ingredient list, net content, product type, implementation standard code, shelf life and so on.

Mid-range candy mainstream "New Year Sugar" catches the eye <br> <br> through visits, the reporter noted that this year whether supermarket or wholesale markets, candy and previous years varied, colorful, and in order to numerous candy Different brands seem to spend a lot of thought. Some brands of candy on the packaging to play a "New Year sugar" sign, special section dedicated to take the "new year Naxi, candy send happiness" means. “Although we eat sugar during the holiday season, we didn’t notice that there are candy specifically for the Spring Festival. This “new year sugar” statement feels very fresh.” The citizen Wu Wu lamented.

According to reports, in fact, “New Year Sugar” appeared in the New Year market last year, and the person in charge of the Food and Food Department of the Food and Food Department stated that “New Year New Year's Market was supplied with New Year's Sugar last year, and the price was higher than ordinary candy, but there were still Certain demand, so this year supermarkets continue to supply, and add new varieties.” And the reporter learned from the Sunshine supermarket, there are three types of brand candy on the supermarket shelves hit the “New Year sugar” sign to meet the needs of the public. The reporter noticed that the price of these "New Year's sugar" was basically 30 yuan/kg - 50 yuan/kg, it seems that with a good package, the price will rise. The “New Year Sugar” is beautifully packaged and has good luck. It has become a reason why many people choose to buy gifts from visiting friends.

In addition, it is understood that the mid-range confectionery in the supermarkets sells well and the high-priced confectioners suffer from the cold. “From the current sales situation of various kinds of candy, the sales of mid-priced candies are the mainstream, which is more popular among consumers.” A supermarket salesman said that supermarkets such as Alpine, Jacques, Golden Monkey, White Rabbit, and Xu Fuji have better sales. There are more consumers who buy, while high-end chocolates are generally sold and consumers are relatively few.

Purchases of raw materials prices go higher reason <br> <br> approximately sugar candy prices, an interview, a supermarket staff explained to reporters: on the one hand, the production of raw materials, no candy from milk to sugar, peanuts, etc. An exception to the rise, coupled with various factors such as increased transportation costs, has caused the price of candy to rise this year. On the other hand, at the end of each year and at the end of the special holiday season, the price of sweets will change more or less. Now that the year is approaching, candy sales have also entered the highest peak of sales in a year, and huge demand has also made the sale price of candy naturally increase. The sales staff expects that the sales volume for the Chinese New Year will be “a new level”. At the same time, people in the industry also predicted that due to the arrival of Spring Festival, candy sales season, according to the usual practice, in addition to special promotions, candy prices are unlikely to decline.

Although candy prices have risen, it seems that they have little impact on businesses and consumers. A salesperson explained that “the sales volume has not declined, we have to eat sugar, or we must buy it.” For the public, there are also different options for coping with price increases. Some people choose to buy less to save on living expenses. Citizen Mr. Guo said, “Eating sugar is a happy celebration and will not buy too much. Choosing some good quality candy and eating enough will do. If you buy one or two pounds, you will have a few extra dollars.” And part of the demand Large-scale citizens can choose low-priced candy, or to the candy wholesale market to Amoy.