Why chocolate lovers will pay more this Valentine's Day than they have in years
Hershey(HSY) Market Watch·2024-02-13 20:01
Cocoa prices have reached their highest levels on record, just in time for one of the biggest chocolate-buying holidays of the year: Valentine’s Day. “It’s all on the supply side,” said John Caruso, senior market strategist at RJO Futures, with cocoa up more than 110% year over year. “The chart has gone completely parabolic on a monthly scale” which is to say at the least, “very impressive,” he told MarketWatch.May cocoa futures CCK24, +0.66% CC00, +0.66% settled at $5,583 per metric ton on the ICE Futures ...