Photo / SuppliedRetailers are expecting bumper chocolate sales for Easter after Covid-19 meant many Easter eggs and bunnies were left sitting on store shelves last year. This meant that Easter chocolate eggs and bunnies sat on shelves in hardware stores, department and discount stores, and other retail stores, unable to be sold. Greg Harford, chief executive of Retail NZ, a retail membership organisation, said the supply situation with chocolate eggs this year was looking good. Easter eggs have been in the shops for quite a few weeks now," said Harford. "Easter eggs have been a fixture of Kiwi life for decades and as the population has increased over the last 20-30 years we have certainly seen more interest in Easter eggs.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 30, 2021 16:03 UTC