- Trick-or-treating, like most expenses recently, will come with a bigger price …
- Shoppers, however, still plan to spend billions on Halloween treats, even …
- The figure tracks candy and chewing gum broadly, rather than Halloween-specific …
- The National Retail Federation expects Americans to spend $4.1 billion on …
Trick-or-treating, like most expenses recently, will come with a bigger price tag this Halloween. The increase is hitting as families prepare for a holiday built around candy.
Shoppers, however, still plan to spend billions on Halloween treats, even as rising prices make affordability part of the seasonal calculation. Candy prices rose 7.7% over the year through September, more than twice the overall inflation rate of 3.7%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The figure tracks candy and chewing gum broadly, rather than Halloween-specific products. But higher prices haven’t pushed candy out of the Halloween budget.
The National Retail Federation expects Americans to spend $4.1 billion on candy this year as part of a record $13.5 billion in overall Halloween spending. Its survey fou…
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