Cocoa prices spiked to an all-time high right before Valentine's Day
Cocoa prices spiked to an all-time high right before Valentine's Day
www.kpbs.org Cocoa prices spiked to an all-time high right before Valentine's Day
Chocolate lovers won't see a sudden price spike for Valentine's Day — because the cost already has been rising for months. Extreme weather is largely to blame.
As Valentine's Day approaches, the price of cocoa has never been higher.
The cost of the key ingredient in chocolate has been grinding upward for over two years. In the past year, it has more than doubled. This month, it broke the all-time record from 1977, the year before Hershey introduced Reese's Pieces.
You're viewing a single thread.
6
comments
And pretty surely zero extra going to the farmers
6
comments