Confectionery firms try to sugar coat price rises
Makers of sweets and chocolates are aiming to shield customers from their higher costs. …
The climate is also having an impact on cocoa crops, according to Ms Gomes. “Cocoa has passed the psychological barrier of $3,000 a tonne, and that is being driven by weather concerns, as well as the fact that the Ivory Coast and Ghana, two of the major cocoa-producing countries, have been struggling with very expensive fertilisers.”
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