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After an increase in the price of chocolate due to more expensive cocoa has been recorded and is expected to continue, the Viennese chocolatier Andreas Heindl hopes that there will be an improvement after the upcoming cocoa harvest in April.
The current one cocoaIn any case, prices per kilo of up to 8.50 euros have “never been had before,” said the head of the Vienna Confiserie Heindl on ORF “Zib13” on Sunday. A few months ago you paid 4 euros. Speculators are also to blame for the situation.
“I’m sure speculators cocoa “Just buy it up and leave it in warehouses,” says Heindl. As reported, yields have also been lower recently, which has increased prices.
- ZIB: Chocolate is becoming more expensive:
According to the report, the Viennese entrepreneur has made long-term purchases, but the situation is not changing, but a price increase of 8 to 12 percent is imminent in August. From the perspective of those with a sweet tooth, at least there is no doubling as with the important raw material cocoa.
Recently, for example, there have also been signals from the German confectionery industry about price increases. On average, Austrians eat eight kilograms of confectionery a year, including two kilograms of chocolate bars.
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