“I’m like a child in a sweet shop,” is a remark Leeds sweet shop owner Margaret Timms tends to hear a lot from new customers.
Customers also tend to remark on the rising prices of sweets, telling Margaret who owns Sweet Mania in Crossgates Shopping Centre, that prices were far lower when they were children.
The mother-of-three says she feels “guilty” having to raise prices but it can’t be helped with sweet prices “doubling” in the past five years. Margaret, 58, who’s been in the sweet trade for more than twenty years, has spoken about the modern day challenges that affect a hardworking family run sweetshop.
