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Ghirardelli's gourmet milk chocolate lineup expands
SAN FRANCISCO — Ghirardelli is boosting its gourmet milk chocolate portfolio with the introduction of three new products.
The lineup now includes gourmet milk Creamy Devotion with 32% cacao chocolate, gourmet nilk Sea Salt Escape with sea salt and roasted almonds and gourmet milk Coconut Rendezvous, which features toasted coconut flakes.
Ghirardelli's gourmet milk line of products now are available in 3.5-oz. bars and 4.5-oz. and 5.25-oz. bags for suggested retail prices of $2.79 and $3.99, respectively.
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Drug stores drink up beer
The drug store channel has had strong sales in the beer category despite lackluster industry performance. Dollar sales for the beer category in drug were up nearly 6% for the year to date ended Oct. 30, 2011, according to SymphonyIRI Group data. Food and convenience store beer sales were up only 0.6% and 2%, respectively.