Cocoa prices are plunging. Why then is chocolate still so expensive?Producers and analysts expect cheaper cocoa to only start feeding through to supermarket aisles in the second half of next year, and even t...
20 Dec, 2025, 03.23 PM IST
Trump's tariffs give chocolate makers in Canada, Mexico an edge over US firmsU.S. President Trump's tariffs on imported cocoa, intended to boost domestic manufacturing, are instead raising costs for American chocolat...
30 Jul, 2025, 01.19 PM IST
Hershey to raise chocolate prices as cocoa costs remain highHershey, the maker of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, has informed retailers about an upcoming price increase. The price increase will be acros...
23 Jul, 2025, 11.08 AM IST
Cash crunch stalls cocoa and coffee trading around the worldA surge in cocoa and coffee futures prices has strained traders' finances, hindering global shipments. Rising costs and financing difficult...
13 Mar, 2025, 09.06 AM IST
Nestle's chocolate prices in focus as cocoa costs biteOver the past three years Nestle and other consumer goods companies have raised prices across their brands to cover sky-high input costs am...
25 Jul, 2024, 10.29 AM IST
Sweet Profits, Bitter Reality: Who gains the most from the cocoa price surge?The cocoa industry is facing significant shifts as cocoa prices soar, driven by poor harvests in West Africa. While prices have surged to r...
23 Jun, 2024, 11.17 AM IST
Why the world of chocolate is in crisisFor the world’s chocolate makers, the crisis is here. Plants have been forced to shutter from Malaysia to Germany and Chicago.
22 Apr, 2024, 09.54 AM IST
Cocoa, coffee reach new highs on fear of aging treesRobusta coffee settled at a new high in London on worries that poorer output in top-producer Vietnam will fuel bean shortages.
13 Apr, 2024, 09.55 AM IST
Oh dear! The bill for your dinner date just went up. Blame it on pricey cocoa, coffee, palm oil & sugarThe cost of dining out and ordering in restaurants is rising, with bills potentially rising 5-8% starting this month. This is the first inc...
02 Apr, 2024, 12.39 PM IST
Cocoa output to plunge in the coming seasonThe cocoa processors are expecting a slump in the production during the harvest season in the country beginning November.
20 Sep, 2018, 02.00 PM IST
Valentine's Day is around the corner but the global chocolate supply has been hit by cocoa shortageThis year’s gains for cocoa are a stark reversal from the last two years.
10 Feb, 2018, 11.13 AM IST
Despite growing demand for chocolate, India imports most of its CocoaIn India, cocoa is grown primarily as an intercrop in Andhra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala, as the tree requires about 40-50 per cent s...
21 May, 2017, 01.16 AM IST
Chocolate rush hits a record as cocoa supplies wanePrices will rise as much as 8.3 per cent to 1,665 pounds a tonne in the first half of 2013, according to the mean of 17 analyst estimates.
14 Nov, 2012, 11.13 AM IST
- Global price slump to boost Cocoa import
Indian chocolate companies get a breather on their shopping bill overseas for cocoa as global prices drop on the back of higher sales from ...
26 Jul, 2011, 04.08 AM IST
- Domestic cocoa prices may see a decline this year
Domestic cocoa prices may see a decline this year as the new crop promises to be good.
06 Apr, 2011, 12.41 AM IST
Cocoa prices soar with low production and high demandCocoa prices continue upward spiral with slump in prod in 2nd peak season of Oct-Nov.
09 Dec, 2009, 07.19 PM IST
- Commodity boom turns bust as economy crumbles
Commodity prices in 2008 plunged the most in five decades as demand for energy, metals and grains tumbled in the second half because of the...
02 Jan, 2009, 12.43 AM IST