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 love into a bigger financial commitment than it once was. Turns out that if love is reputed to be eternal, a low price for cocoa, the essential ingredient in chocolate, is not.
High cost of cocoa beans raises the price of chocolate before Valentines Day
Ever since The Velvet Chocolatier set up shop in Stevenson in 2009, business has been great. "I owe it all to Oprah. She chose me as her favorite in 09," owner Ruthie Caroliner said. Ruthie told WMAR 2 News that each year,
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If tonnes of beans go to China instead of Europe or US, chocolate makers in those regions will feel the loss, expert says.
Rising temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns in West Africa, which supplies around 70% of the world's cacao, are ...
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