by Pat Bulmer | Apr 18, 2025 | Chocolate, Industry News
By The Canadian Press Published: April 18, 2025 at 7:07AM EDT This Easter, soaring cocoa prices will continue to have an effect on the price of chocolate, experts say — and consumers will likely be looking for deals to fill their baskets. Cocoa prices have risen...
by Pat Bulmer | Feb 18, 2025 | Chocolate, Industry News
The Canadian Press, Feb 17, 2025 Canadian sugar and confectionary companies would be hit particularly hard if U.S. tariffs come into play because most of the industry’s sales go south of the border, experts say. “Sugar and confectionary does stand out as one of those...
by Pat Bulmer | Oct 30, 2024 | Chocolate, Industry News
OCTOBER 29, 20245:00 AM Emma Bowman, NPR As cocoa prices continue to spike, shoppers see the jump-scare prices for chocolate candy at the grocery store this Halloween season. A streak of poor crop seasons has reduced the supply of the key ingredient in chocolate bars,...
by Pat Bulmer | Sep 17, 2024 | Chocolate, Industry News
Sarah Butler Wed 18 Sep 2024, The Guardian Shoppers may face a choccy horror show this Halloween after the price of chocolate shot up 11% in the past year – far outstripping increases for other foods across UK supermarkets. Britons opening their doors to...
by Pat Bulmer | Sep 1, 2024 | Chocolate, Industry News
BY AMY TAXIN AND TERRY CHEA Updated 6:08 AM PDT, September 1, 2024 WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Climate change is stressing rainforests where the highly sensitive cocoa bean grows, but chocolate lovers need not despair, say companies that are researching other ways...
by Pat Bulmer | Jul 7, 2024 | Chocolate, Industry News
From The Evening Standard: World Chocolate Day is an annual event that celebrates the introduction of chocolate to Europe in 1550. Before 1550, chocolate was only available in specific countries across South and Central America, such as Mexico. European invaders who...
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