"The recent [cocoa] bean price spike means that further pricing will be taken in the chocolate market," Peter Vanneste, chief financial officer of Barry Callebaut, said in a January call with ...

Hershey now expects 2025 earnings to deteriorate, reflecting higher sourcing prices for cocoa. Learn why HSY stock is a Hold.

Ghana’s illegal gold mining sector, locally called ‘galamsey’, is having a significant impact on cocoa prices, the FT ...

Crushing diseases that purged cocoa crops in West Africa, combined with a difficult growing season -- similar to the weather woes that spurred a spike in coffee prices-- have driven up cocoa ...

Cocoa prices today are lower on a recovery in cocoa inventories. Since falling to a 21-year low of 1,263,493 bags on January 24, ICE-monitored cocoa inventories held in US ports have rebounded ...

"It's that bad." COCOA PRICES CONTINUE TO SPIKE: WHAT'S DRIVING COSTS HIGHER? Wells Fargo Agri-Food Institute sector manager David Branch reported that the price of cocoa has more than doubled ...

Cocoa prices today recovered from early losses and moved higher after a slump in the dollar index (DXY00) to a 4-month low sparked short covering in cocoa futures. Commodity Bulletin ...

Money can’t buy you love — or as much cocoa as it used to, with adverse weather denting West African crops and chocolatiers adding more fillers like nuts.

(AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) With the price of cocoa beans setting unprecedented records on the commodities market, it will certainly turn the gift of love into a bigger financial commitment than it ...