Cocoa futures prices have surged more than $1,000 or nearly 40% since the start of the year to hit an all-time high of $5,874 per metric ton. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/08/cocoa-prices-surge-to-all-time-highs-as-bad-weather-hurts-west-africa-crop-yield.html
Ouch.
Prices are going to go up on chocolate.
@estherschindler: They must be bracing for some kind of crush. Perhaps it's the whatnottery going on with the sea lanes in the Persian Gulf.