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CPG and Retail news from the week of 8/19/24

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Aug 26, 2024
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Hello hello!

It’s finally the start of my favorite season, PSL season—a.k.a. Fall 🍂 Starbucks’s PSL, the most influential pumpkin spice product (next to the OG McCormick's pumpkin pie spice introduced in 1934), launched on August 22nd…the earliest release date yet. Here’s what you need to know about this cultural phenomenon:

  • It was first introduced as a test in just 100 stores

  • Since 2015, the pumpkin sauce has included real pumpkin puree

  • 400 Million+ PSLs have been sold since 2003

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