Blaze@piefed.zip to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 6 days agoWith Easter around the corner, what are your favorite European chocolates?message-squaremessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down11
arrow-up134arrow-down1message-squareWith Easter around the corner, what are your favorite European chocolates?Blaze@piefed.zip to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square16linkfedilink
minus-squareGorklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 days agoI like Lindt, but the increase in cocoa prices have made it difficult to justify spending $5 on a small chocolate bar.
minus-squarescotmartin@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 days agoCocoa is (almost) as cheap as 10 years ago. "Cocoa futures traded around $3,200 per tonne, holding close to the lowest since June 2023, pressured by expectations of a record harvest in West Africa and rising stockpiles. " Source https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/cocoa
minus-squareGorklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 days agoThis is one of those cases in consumer goods where the price goes up, then doesn’t come back down since they can get away with charging more.
I like Lindt, but the increase in cocoa prices have made it difficult to justify spending $5 on a small chocolate bar.
Cocoa is (almost) as cheap as 10 years ago.
"Cocoa futures traded around $3,200 per tonne, holding close to the lowest since June 2023, pressured by expectations of a record harvest in West Africa and rising stockpiles. " Source https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/cocoa
This is one of those cases in consumer goods where the price goes up, then doesn’t come back down since they can get away with charging more.