Walgreens is now a sweet vacation spot, because of TikTok.
The pharmacy chain stated it’s ramping up manufacturing of Walgreen’s Good! Gummy Mango peelable sweet, and limiting on-line gross sales to 1 bag per buyer because of excessive demand for the squishy treats, fed by social media.
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A part of the retailer’s lower-priced Good! home model of snacks and drinks, the miniature variations of mango fruit —which sells for $1.99 a bag — first appeared in September 2023 in 2,500 Walmart shops.
The concept for the sweet got here from a vendor relaying peelable mango traits they have been seeing in Asia, Marty Esarte, vp of Walgreens’ owned manufacturers, stated in an e-mail.
“TikTokers found the candies in January and earlier than we knew it, merchandise have been flying off the cabinets,” Esarte stated.
In a single video on the platform, a TikToker describes selecting up a bag of the sweet at Walgreens after seeing it “throughout social media.”
Walgreens is growing stock for the mango-flavored product to eight,000 shops on Might 22. A brand new peelable banana gummy will launch in 5,700 shops on the identical day, additionally promoting for $1.99 a bag, the corporate stated.
