Chocolate Factory

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Chocolate prices high before Christmas despite cocoa fall

Chocolate prices high before Christmas despite cocoa fall

In December 2024, cocoa prices reached $12,000 per tonne in New York trading, having stood at between $1,000 and $4,000 since the 1980s.

In this screen grab from video provided by WPVI-TV/6ABC, smoke rises from an explosion at the R.M. Palmer Co. plant in West Reading, Pa., Friday, 24 March, 2023. (WPVI-TV/6ABC via AP)

Chocolate factory blast in Pennsylvania kills five; six missing

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Two dead, nine missing in Pennsylvania chocolate factory explosion