Me and My Factory
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The business has 40 permanent employees, rising to a minimum of 60 between August and November to cope with increased demand in the run-up to Christmas.
“Our sales are dominated by fruits at Christmas, but to counter that we have increased our offerings for other seasonal events. Halloween is growing, and we are manufacturing more marzipan pumpkins and skulls,” said Shepherdson.
“We’ve also got marzipan hearts for St Valentine’s Day, And marzipan spring flowers and hot cross buns for Easter.”