African cocoa plants run out of beans as global chocolate crisis deepens  | Reuters News Agency
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Reuters exclusively reported that major African cocoa plants in Ivory Coast and Ghana have stopped or cut processing because they cannot afford to buy
  • Shouted@programming.devEnglish
    434·
    8 months ago

    Ah I see. It is the chocolate industry’s turn to have an existential shortage crisis, jacking up prices never to come back down.

    MBAs sure are smart for coming up with this one to keep up the charade of perpetual growth.

    • Pencilnoob@lemmy.worldEnglish
      17·
      8 months ago

      I mean, there’s also climate change destroying harvests. Chances are we’ll all live to see most luxury foods priced over a days wages. This is just the start, soon it’ll be coffee, chocolate, fruits and veggies, cane sugar, meat, then staples like beans and grains. Make no mistake we’re cooking ourselves out of a planet to survive on.

  • Icalasari@fedia.io
    42·
    8 months ago

    Thankfully Easter is soon, so it’ll be easy to buy a massive stockpile for cheap