TOLEDO, Ohio —

A love of candy has kept Boyd's Retro Candy store open for almost 25 years.

"It has just been a love to bring kids into the store and share the candies that I grew up with," owner Pamela Lloyd-Camp said.

But that passion has come with a price.

Inflation isn't just impacting shoppers at the store, but it's also hitting local small businesses. These businesses have had to make adjustments to keep things going.

"We're weathering it," Lloyd-Camp said. "We have cut our staff. Instead of having two employees, we have one and a quarter."

Lloyd-Camp said she's also keeping less inventory and has cut her list of suppliers by a third. She said customers are spending less and focusing more on necessities, and that's had a big impact.

"We're probably at half of what we usually di

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