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Tony's Chocolonely debuts annual FAIR Report

The company reported $248M in net annual revenue, growing 33% YoY.

Candy Industry Staff

February 4, 2025

The company has reportedly achieved record revenue while halving cocoa's climate impact and doubling farm resilience.

Supply chain: Ghana to delay more cocoa deliveries

This year, cocoa prices have more than doubled.

Liz Parker Kuhn

June 14, 2024

Chocolatiers raise prices amid the struggle to find cocoa beans.

Fun Friday: Cheez-It tostadas, chocolate price premiums, pizza cake, cheese impacting sleep

A very "cheesy" edition of this week's Fun Friday, including a cake shaped like pizza.

Liz Parker Kuhn

May 31, 2024

This week's Fun Friday includes BIG Cheez-It news, some bitter news for New Yorkers and Hawaiians on chocolate prices, and more.

Cocoa SOS: innovation comes to aid of supply chain

Climate instability in West Africa is destabilizing the cocoa sector.

Liz Parker Kuhn

March 25, 2024

Potential solutions to revitalize the cocoa sector are on the horizon, spearheaded by two Italian startups actively involved in the FoodSeed program.

Rising cocoa prices to sour outlook for chocolate makers

As U.S. consumers pay more for chocolate confections, volume sales come under pressure.

Liz Parker Kuhn

February 1, 2024

U.S. consumers are paying more for chocolate products as confection manufacturers raise prices in response to the soaring cost of cocoa.

Cocoa price surge: what it means for chocolate lovers

Since last year, the price of cocoa beans has increased by 27%.

Liz Parker Kuhn

September 19, 2023

We recently talked to a Mintec representative about why cocoa prices have gone up, and his predictions for the rest of this year and early 2024.

Specialty Food Association: 'Sourcing insulates some chocolate makers from cost increases'

Cocoa prices have risen more than 40% over the past year.

July 20, 2023

Even though inflation has been slowing down for some food products, prices for commodities, such as cocoa, have still been rising.

Interview: Raw sugar and cocoa prices reach nearly 10-year highs

Prices have increased due to tight supply, rising demand.

May 22, 2023

Candy Industry Senior Editor Liz Parker recently was able to touch base with Nidhi Jain, associate specialist, The Smart Cube, London, on raw sugar and cocoa prices reaching 10-year and 7-year highs, and trends on sugar and cocoa prices.

Ivorian Fair Trade Network calls for payment of fair prices to cocoa farmers

Network held a press conference last week following announcement of a cocoa price reduction.

Crystal Lindell

April 26, 2021

The network, which represents cocoa producers, also is calling for a commitment to the Living Income Differential for farmers.

Fairtrade: Prices boost Ivorian farmers’ income by $15M in Q4 2019

More than 190K farmers, 140 cooperatives sold 64K metric tons of cocoa on Fairtrade terms in Q4 2019.

March 24, 2020

Fairtrade International says sales of Fairtrade-certified cocoa from Côte d’Ivoire in the fourth quarter of 2019 increased farmers’ earnings by approximately $15.1 million compared to non-Fairtrade cocoa.