The Willy Wonka of Greater Manchester whose sweet shop has queues down the street
The days of walking to a local corner shop for a penny chew are long gone, replaced with multipack supermarket buys and online orders.
The shelves of his Yorkshire Street shop are lined with colourful packets of in-demand sweets like Peeps, Sour Patch Kids and Jolly Ranchers. "I import stuff from the USA, Australia, Canada and Korea and can get deliveries three or four times a week. It's really busy and we're expecting it to be busy over the summer holidays."
"There's nothing worse than all being on top of one another," said the Oldham-born dad-of-three. "I wanted it to be inviting.
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