Cocoa prices, pistachio and Penguins: Top chocolate stories of 2025
Published on The Grocer
In 2025, cocoa prices hit a record high, Dubai chocolate swept the supermarket shelves and Penguins became ‘chocolate flavour’ biscuits. We recap the year’s most significant chocolate stories
There’s scarely been a week where chocolate hasn’t made the news in 2025, from increasing prices to new trends and changing formulations.
It all started in January, when cocoa prices hit a record high, following poor crops in west Africa, where 70% of the global cocoa supply is produced. The resulting global shortfall put pressure on chocolate manufacturers, who were forced to choose between absorbing the increased costs, passing them on to shoppers or making changes to their products to mitigate the impact.
Published on The Grocer, 23rd December
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