Halloween candy inflation is up by double digits for the second year in a row, with prices 13% higher this October compared to the same time last year, according to new data.
Prices of candy and gum in October 2022 had already increased by 14% from the previous year, The Associated Press reported over the weekend, citing data from retail price tracker Datasembly.
"The price of candy has gotten to be outrageous," small business owner Jessica Weathers, who lives in the 14,400-resident village of Shiloh, Illinois. "It doesn’t make sense to me to spend $100 on candy."
