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Princes — palaces — pop tunes — pinkies up. There are SO many reasons why Americans are obsessed with everything UK. While we might not be able to master a British accent and our chances of marrying into the royal family are low, we can FEEL more British by enjoying their sweets and snacks.

Travel across the pond with us as we take you on a tour of some of our favorite British snack time and teatime favorites.

It’s August. The sun’s blazing, we’re still rockin’ the flip flops and shorts, but wondering when our favorite fall flavor, pumpkin spice, is returning. We can’t help it — the allure of seasonal or limited time flavors, like pumpkin spice is strong! So much so that leading pumpkin spice purveyors, Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts launched their iconic fall-flavored beverages in mid-August last year (August 24 and August 19 respectively to be exact)! This love of seasonal flavors and shapes goes for the confectionery space too. Candy sales for all holidays totaled $18.1 billion (that’s a combination of seasonal and everyday) and accounted for 62.6% sales (National Confectioners Association). Looks like limited time is a good lure.

Appeal to their love of seasonal with these must-have fall and winter flavors while learning ways to create that limited time feeling year-round.

Comfort food isn’t enough. We want it to be homemade! Homemade is a top food craving across all age groups according to market research firm Datassential, (Progressive Grocer).

While we want homemade, we don’t want to spend the time making it. Good thing there’s lots of brands out there serving up prepared foods that bring the homemade feel.

Here’s some brands to check out if you’re hot on homemade.

Whether consumers are marching back to the office, or rolling out of bed to the home office, chances are they’re doing it with a cup of coffee in hand. According to the National Coffee Association, 62% of Americans drink a cup of coffee every day, with most having on average a little more than 3 cups a day. And the brew in those cups is anything but ordinary. More and more customers are demanding exceptional coffee with all the premium trimmings. Transform employee break rooms and home coffee bars from ‘BEAN there done that’ to ‘where have your BEAN all my life?!’ with these 3 piping hot coffee trends.

No doubt, chocolate is a bestseller, but even a candy superstar can benefit from a little merchandising. Customers want more from their in-store retail experience and are willing to pay more for it. With a little planning and thoughtful grouping of products you can help boost your chocolate sales.

You don’t need a design or marketing degree to create a stellar merchandising program. Here are a few easy ways to leverage the star power of chocolate into better sales.