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

A surge in cocoa and coffee futures prices has strained traders' finances, hindering global shipments. Rising costs and ...

The Consumer Brands Association, which represents PepsiCo, Conagra and Mondelēz, said ingredients such as cocoa, coffee and ...

BOSTON - Valentine's Day is approaching, and there's plenty of chocolate on store shelves, and on customers' minds. They're having to dig deeper, however, to pay for it. The price of Valentine's Day ...

Chocolate maker Hershey Co said ICE New York cocoa futures market is disconnected from the reality of the global physical ...

Cocoa beans are seen in an undated stock photo ... policy adviser of the Oxfam Fair Trade group, told the AP. The impact has hit many chocolate companies across Belgium, where nearly 280 brands ...

Major packaged food makers including Quaker Oats and Folgers coffee asked U.S. President Donald J. Trump for targeted ...

Switzerland's Lindt reported a slightly better than expected full-year operating profit on Tuesday, as it fares through ...

The shock of cocoa prices pretty much is a metaphorical ... It’s one that always works,” said Van Besien, the fair trade expert. “We could not survive if we would be thinking about these ...

Illegal gold mining is fuelling a chocolate shortage, according to the Financial Times. It reports that many Ghanaian cocoa ...

We estimate that about 80 percent of the Goliathus cacicus population has been wiped out in Côte d'Ivoire if we consider the ...

This issue has forced many smaller chocolatiers to close, while larger companies mitigate through cost-cutting measures.