Why your Valentine’s Day chocolate might cost more this year
Rising cocoa prices, driven by climate change, are reshaping Valentine’s Day chocolates. Extreme heat and erratic rainfall in ...
Chocolate love has its price on Valentine’s Day as cocoa costs make hearts shudder, not flutter
With the price of cocoa beans setting unprecedented records on the commodities market, it will certainly turn the gift of ...
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Why chocolate is ridiculously expensive right now
Rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, and other climate impacts are throttling cocoa production and driving up chocolate prices.
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Rising cocoa prices make chocolate makers and patrons bitter
Many would-be Valentine's Day shoppers are arriving at stores to the surprising news of chocolate prices that are up 20% compared to last year. It's all due to rising cocoa prices, in part because ...
Cocoa prices are up, chocolate consumption is down for America’s favorite confection
Minnetonka-based agribusiness Cargill expects Americans to buy 75 million pounds of chocolate for Valentine’s Day.
Buying chocolate on Valentine's Day? Here's why it's so expensive
Cocoa production has been hammered in back-to-back crop years due to weather and crop conditions,. forcing many manufacturers ...