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Corporate cost-cutting taking the sweet out of mooncakes

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Annabeth Leow

Annabeth Leow

Published Fri, Sep 18, 2020 · 09:50 PM

    Singapore

    THE upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival will not be as sweet for mooncake sellers as previous years, with corporate sales tapering off amid Covid-19.

    Mooncake revenues are expected to suffer in 2020, as tighter belts and shuttered offices put the crimp on seasonal company gift-giving.

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