Cocoa-producers raise the bar on price of chocolate
Plans by Ghana and Ivory Coast to levy a surcharge on cocoa to help poverty-stricken West African producers could leave a bad taste in the mouths of serious chocoholics
09 April 2020 - 05:00
Efforts to improve the lives of impoverished farmers in two of the world’s biggest cocoa-producing countries could mean chocolate lovers pay more for Lindt and other private-label chocolates in future. And prices could surge even further, should the coronavirus pandemic force long-term shutdowns and have an effect on harvests.
But the good news for consumers is that this Easter’s chocolate supply will not be affected...
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