Posted Sweets

Posted Sweets, online retro and pick & mix sweet shop in the UK

Posted Sweets is a UK-based online store dedicated to selling sweets, with a catalogue of over 400 lines that the company presents as one of the country's largest pick & mix selections. The business operates entirely from a warehouse and orders are shipped directly to customers' homes, both within the UK and abroad.

The site is organised around categories such as retro sweets, traditional sweets, American candy, pick & mix, sweet jars, gift hampers and party accessories. The company states that part of its catalogue comes from some of the UK's oldest confectionery brands and that, although certain classics are no longer made, it still stocks lines such as Sweet Tobacco (Spanish Gold) and Sweet Peanuts.

Range: over 400 lines and categories by type, colour and flavour

The catalogue is structured by sweet type, including aniseed & liquorice, boiled sweets, bonbons, bubble gum, chew bars, chocolate, fizzy sweets, foam and chewy, fudge & nougat, gobstoppers, lollipops, marshmallow, popping candy, share bags, sour sweets, space dust & sherbet, sweet tubs, toffee, traditional sweets and wrapped sweets. Selections by colour and by flavour are also offered, along with themed sweets.

The shop also distinguishes vegan, vegetarian, sugar-free and dairy-free options. Among the most popular sweets highlighted by the company are Turkish Delight, Parma Violets, Flumps, Midget Gems, Liquorice Allsorts, Fruit Pastilles, Millions Sweets, Wine-gums and Sherbet Lemons.

Pick & mix, jars and gift hampers

The pick & mix option allows customers to create a personalised bag with their chosen sweets. The company sells pick & mix bags and buckets, as well as a sweet subscription. It also offers sweet jars, both filled and empty for mixing to taste, and gift hampers that can be customised using the build-your-own hamper option.

The hamper range includes retro, American, pick & mix, sour and chocolate varieties, with seasonal options for Christmas, Valentine's Day, Father's Day, Mother's Day, Halloween and Easter, as well as hampers suited to sugar-free, vegan and dairy-free diets.

Sweets for gifts, parties and weddings

The company presents its products as a gift option for birthdays, Christmas, Halloween, Mother's Day and Father's Day. Sweet jars are also aimed at parties and weddings, and the site includes party accessories and bundles, sweet cone sets and snack boxes. Sales are made exclusively through the website, with delivery direct to the buyer's home or to another address when the order is a gift.

Shipping and payment methods

Posted Sweets operates from a warehouse and offers next-day delivery and various shipping options. The site advertises free Royal Mail delivery on all UK orders over £30 and same-day dispatch for orders placed before 3 pm with express delivery selected. Accepted payments include PayPal, Stripe, Visa, MasterCard and American Express.

Origins and background

The company traces its origins to a childhood love of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and places its activity in the context of the decline of UK high street retail, with the aim of keeping available sweets that, it says, are increasingly hard to find even though they are still being made. Posted Sweets Ltd. is registered in the UK with company number 13048245 and VAT number 467 018 092.

Location and contact

Unit M63 Glenmore Business Park, Chichester PO19 7BJ · Email: hello@postedsweets.co.uk