High demand for snacks and sweet treats as Deepavali nears


IPOH: With the Deepavali festivities less than two weeks away, sweets and snack shops in Buntong here are racing against time to meet the growing demand.

A. Roslin, 57, whose husband is a third-generation snacks shop owner, said their workers have been starting work earlier than usual since earlier this month to produce traditional items like muruku, laddu, achi muruku and chittu urundai.

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