Chocolate prices rise at fastest rate on record, as climate change continues to bite

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Latest figures from ONS reveal chocolate prices continue to rise, as cocoa farmers are hit with soaring temperatures

Chocolate prices rose at the fastest pace on record in the UK last month, climbing 17.7 per cent in the year to May according to the latest figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS). In the...

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