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Mock Chocs - Poundland takes on shrinkflation

Geoff Riley

30th July 2017

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The discount retailer Poundland budget is launching lookalike versions of several confectionery favourites, all costing £1, yet containing more chocolate than the brand originals. Although their Twin Peaks bar which looks suspiciously like a Toblerone has been delayed because of a legal row!

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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