Product Context

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  • Quality Street is a sweet tin made by Mackintosh
  • Originally created in 1936, inspired by the name of a play by J.M Barrie
  • In the 1930s only the wealthy could afford chocolate boxes but the creator Harold Mackintosh aimed to sell them at a more reasonable cost to appeal to working families. By the 1950s when the campaign started, society was in a post-rationing period where luxuries were once again becoming an acceptable part of shopping