Sweets for the Sweet
Concord, NH – When you walk into Granite State Candy Shoppe on Warren Street this week, you’ll notice right away that there is a holiday coming up. It’s almost Valentine’s Day and many things in the store right now are red – boxes, bows, and candies – all ready for the celebrating.
“Soon, it will be all bunnies,” noted Jeff Bart, whose family has owned and operated the story for nearly 90 years.
Valentine’s Day is probably the busiest single day for sales with the Christmas season being the busiest season. The store sells a couple of thousand Valentine’s Day gift boxes for the holiday, along with “hundreds and hundreds” of chocolate dipped strawberries. The strawberries, which last about 12 hours, need to be ordered in advance, Bart noted. He said that the strawberries are dipped and picked up by the customer on the same day, in order to ensure freshness.
