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Global cocoa shortage drives up chocolate prices

Ralph Martin
March 31, 2024

Anyone shopping for chocolate Easter eggs this year has probably noticed they're more expensive than ever. Three years of bad harvests in West Africa, where most of the world's cocoa is grown, have sent the price of cocoa soaring to record highs.

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