The Cocoa Crisis

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Cocoa prices have soared to an all-time high due to a global supply shortage. What’s the impact on chocolate makers, and what are they doing to adapt? Here, Ken Goldman, Lead Equity Research Analyst for U.S. Food Producers and Food Retailers, and Celine Pannuti, Hea ...

The cost of cocoa - the key ingredient for making chocolate - has reached an all-time high. In fact, the price has roughly doubled over the past year. The soaring cocoa prices are squeezing major chocolate makers and filtering through to consumers who are paying more for their sw ...  Show more

Sur le marché du cacao, les cours flirtent désormais avec les 6 000 dollars la tonne à la Bourse de New York et illustrent les baisses de production chez les deux géants d'Afrique de l'Ouest, Ghana et Côte d'Ivoire. Aucun chiffre officiel de production n'est pour l'instant avancé ...  Show more

Growing the cocoa needed to produce chocolate on the scale a company like Mars or Hershey needs is an immense undertaking. One serious consequence chocolate producers are now facing is deforestation in countries that grow the cocoa for the world's chocolate demands. The Washingto ...  Show more