Rising cocoa prices are bad news for chocolate companies. Cocoa is the main ingredient in chocolate, along with sugar, and the fact that the majority of the crop is grown in West Africa means ...

A huge cocoa shortage has hit the world's top cocoa-growing countries. Now, for the third year in a row, there are not enough ...

If you enjoy the crunchy, chocolatey taste of KitKat bars, you might be surprised to learn about the company responsible for ...

Consumers have been curbing their cravings for costly chocolate, and the candy companies have faced a double-whammy on their own costs for the treat, first from supply chain snarls during the ...

The entrepreneur is 32-year-old Veronique Mbida, the sole director of Bantu, which according to Companies ... working 100 miles an hour. It's super-busy chocolate season, very busy timing, so ...

U.S. confectionery companies are focusing on non-chocolate candies like gummies and licorice for Halloween, driven by rising chocolate costs and consumer preferences amidst a cocoa shortage and ...

So it is important for chocolate companies to take their responsibility all the way back to the origin or the raw materials, starting with the farmers in the field who take pride in nurturing ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Trick-or-treaters hoping to collect handfuls of chocolate candy this Halloween might be facing a bit of a letdown. U.S. confectionery companies are stocking store shelves with ...

In economics, the law of diminishing marginal utility states that the added benefit of consuming more of a product or service ...

Consumers are in part reaching for candy over chocolate because it’s cheaper. There are also more flavors, varieties and ...

Trick-or-treaters hoping to collect handfuls of chocolate candy this Halloween might be facing a bit of a letdown. U.S. confectionery companies are stocking store shelves with fewer Halloween ...

Jess Cording is a dietitian and health coach who covers wellness. “One of my earliest observations about the chocolate industry was that it felt like men were marketing chocolate to women ...