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Confectioners Eye Holiday Boost As UK Shoppers Snub Expensive Gifts

Quality Street maker Nestlé and Cadbury owner Mondelēz are seeing higher sales of confectionery in Britain this holiday season driven by cash-strapp...

Ivory Coast Halts Sales Of 2024/25 Cocoa Contracts, Citing Supply Squeeze

Ivory Coast's cocoa regulator, the Cocoa-Coffee Council (CCC), has halted sales of cocoa export contracts for the 2024/25 season due to concerns about low...

Ghana 2023/24 Cocoa Arrivals Down 51% In 'Worst Ever' Season

Ghana's graded and sealed cocoa arrivals have dropped around 51% in the 2023/24 season from a year earlier, official figures showed.

ICCO Trims Estimate For 2022/23 Global Cocoa Deficit

The International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO) estimated a global cocoa deficit of 99,000 metric tonnes in the 2022/23 season, narrower than a previous foreca...

New Targets Give Investors A Taste For Barry Callebaut

Barry Callebaut set new medium term targets to boost sales volumes and earnings, lifting shares in the world's biggest chocolate maker as investors warmed...

Dutch Retailer Jumbo Joins Tony's Open Chain

Dutch retailer Jumbo has joined Tony's Open Chain initiative as it seeks to make its cocoa supply chain 100% 'slavery-free'.

Ghana Borrows Up To $200m From Cocoa Traders To Plug Funding Gap

Ghana's Cocobod has borrowed between $150 million and $200 million from cocoa traders to finance bean purchases since the 2023/24 season opened,...

More Rain Needed To Boost Ivory Coast Cocoa Main Crop, Farmers Say

More rain is needed in Ivory Coast's main cocoa-growing regions this month to boost growth of the October-to-March main crop before the onset of the dry se...