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Birmingham Post
Birmingham Post
Business
Henry Saker-Clark, PA City Reporter & Hannah Baker

M&S concedes after chocolatier accuses retailer of copying design

M&S has agreed to sell a family-run chocolatier’s Valentine’s Day products after it was accused of copying the much smaller rival’s design.

The concession came after Bath-based chocolate maker Choc on Choc took to social media over the weekend to accuse the retail giant of making a “strikingly similar” box of chocolate matchsticks.

M&S launched its Perfect Match box of chocolate matchsticks – with blonde chocolate matchsticks stamped with the phrase – ahead of Valentine’s Day.

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