Chocolate Shortage?
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I came across this article on MSN Money at msn.com, that there will probably be a chocolate shortage:
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"A drought in Western Africa and unrest in the Ivory Coast -- the world's biggest cocoa producer -- has combined with rising consumer taste for cocoa-rich dark chocolate to raise concerns about a shortage in supply.
As a result, cocoa futures have been trading at three-year highs, with prices rallying since the beginning of the year.
"In the last few months, cocoa prices have rallied on expectations for a smaller crop from the Ivory Coast and Ghana,"
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Now, I can handle the fact that I have to cut my coffee drinking down to one cup a day...I was getting to happy with more than two cups a day...and I still drink tea but coffee was getting the better of me!
I can handle that I have to cut down on my intake of food because I'm on the forever-weight-loss quest (no pun intended on the 'forever') and I want to look better in my old age!
I can handle anything that is thrown at me because I have my chocolate when I need a fix, especially at that time of the month when I become a raging lunatic!
I HAVE GOT TO HAVE MY CHOCOLATE!!!
So the possibility of a chocolate shortage is just too intense for my chocoholic brain to fathom...I think I have to start hoarding chocolates now!
Article in full attached here Link
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"A drought in Western Africa and unrest in the Ivory Coast -- the world's biggest cocoa producer -- has combined with rising consumer taste for cocoa-rich dark chocolate to raise concerns about a shortage in supply.
As a result, cocoa futures have been trading at three-year highs, with prices rallying since the beginning of the year.
"In the last few months, cocoa prices have rallied on expectations for a smaller crop from the Ivory Coast and Ghana,"
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Now, I can handle the fact that I have to cut my coffee drinking down to one cup a day...I was getting to happy with more than two cups a day...and I still drink tea but coffee was getting the better of me!
I can handle that I have to cut down on my intake of food because I'm on the forever-weight-loss quest (no pun intended on the 'forever') and I want to look better in my old age!
I can handle anything that is thrown at me because I have my chocolate when I need a fix, especially at that time of the month when I become a raging lunatic!
I HAVE GOT TO HAVE MY CHOCOLATE!!!
So the possibility of a chocolate shortage is just too intense for my chocoholic brain to fathom...I think I have to start hoarding chocolates now!
Article in full attached here Link
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