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    The Sweet Shop thread!

    They do do some gift yes, they have the plastic Victorian jars pre filled and what looks like nice chocolates and bars (although I've never tasted it but looks like a lovely gift) The one near me also has some gift things you can buy in Hancocks such as the 'My little sweetie shop' the box with...
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    The Sweet Shop thread!

    Whilst the weigh out sweets are the same this is not really where we make the most profit in our current shop. We aim to focus more on the gifts, the ones that we currently make up and sell I've not seen in any Mr Simms shops. The reason for waiting was to save really so that we were not...
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    The Sweet Shop thread!

    Ah thank you -Think we will keep looking into it, but maybe wait until next year and keep saving a bit more. Funnily enough we have already had two separate customers come in and tell us that they weren't overly impressed with the new shop. Although I suppose they may have felt+ obliged to say...
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    The Sweet Shop thread!

    Hi Al, Just come across this thread and read it in full, some good advice on here. We currently have a sweet shop based in Blackpool but not the town centre. We have been wanting to open a second shop in the town centre for a while now and had been looking at locations and saving. We had...