Chocolate sales soar as UK shoppers comfort eat at home amid Covid

Annual spend up 50m driven by multipacks and sharing bars', but smaller bars decline

Spending on chocolate has soared by 50m year on year, powered by sales of chocolate bars bought in supermarkets to eat at home.

The increase in sales of multipacks and large sharing bars" has offset a dip in sales of single bars, often impulse buys to eat on the go, from newsagents and other outlets.