Jill knew that her blog readers wouldn’t believe what she had seen, even if she presented them with a photo. At her local Walgreens store, there was a full display of Halloween treats, including candy corn and Snickers pumpkins. Halloween. On July 21. Please, retailers, we’re still uncomfortable at seeing Back-to-School displays in the big-box stores! Don’t do this to us!
“I asked my husband to grab a newspaper so I could photograph this, thinking no one would possibly believe these photos were taken today without date proof,” she wrote. Smart, since I almost didn’t believe it, and I’ve been writing about this stuff for six years now.
To a certain extent, this makes sense: not because people are stocking up on Halloween candy three months early, but because
October in July: Walgreens already stocking Halloween candy [Jill Cataldo]
by Laura Northrup via Consumerist
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