Good News everyone the Price of Chocolate is skyrocketing

Lichent

So many people are now switching to dark chocolate and it takes 5 times as much coco to make the stuff compared to milk chocolate. Huge mega demand is coming from developing countries who now have a middle class who can afford chocolate and there is only so much farm land to produce it they predict in 20 years that chocolate will be a luxury for the few, kinda like history repeating itself.
The cost of butter to produce the chocolate is skyrocketing.


That is supe news for all of us who were once chocoholics , they are going to make so we can't afford. They are helping us on our way to losing fat.
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/chocolate-275811-cocoa-price.html

Ninkyou

lol, wut? :laugh:

That article is from 2010 btw.

Also, even if the prices did go up, it wouldn't help. I'd still eat it, so long as it fits in my calorie goals.

Alluminati

Oh, Minnie.

At this point I would gladly read posts about your TOM, or what you would do to the person above you.

Just....no more of these. Please.

topazora

this is good news.... how?

Yeah, for one I'll still be eating chocolate. Also, the cocoa itself has amazing benefits, its the cream and sugar that kills you. Besides, chocolate didn't make me fat, eating too much and not exercising did. And if you're a chocoholic, chocolate is never too expensive

Mokey41

I was in Africa last summer and traveled beside a man who manages cacao plantations in Tanzania. The cacao industry is alive, well, expanding and providing a great source of fair trade income for Africans. So hakuna matata everyone, our chocolate supply is safe!

Lichent

Sorry about that link this is the one from two days ago, The 2010 was predicitng new items was prediciting this 3 years ago and it has come true!!!

http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2013/09/23/chocolate-prices-on-rise/

My buddy says now that we are not buying chocolate we should buy some coco stocks instead, the suckers will keep buying , our stock prices will go up , our weight go down it is a win win for.us. The Asian Pop ulation keeps growing they will outstrip the world demand before it collapses we should get on the gravy train.

garber6th

I cannot give any credibility to any posts, or anyone who posts stories, from the OC Register and Fox News.

ETA: People, including me, will still buy chocolate no matter the cost because delicious is delicious. Cigarettes are $10 a pack in some places and people still smoke. People will pay for what they want.

Mokey41

I cannot give any credibility to any posts, or anyone who posts stories, from the OC Register and Fox News.

Yeah,.... but,..... well,.... buddy likes this stuff and wants to bring us all out of the dark! We all know buddy is a wise, wise man.

Lichent

Buddy isn't as wise as those guys who buy food futures in the stock market , the rich are gonna get richer for sure, they are going to clean up with the rising populations and rising demand for food and for chocolate.
There is millions to made off the next guys back, buddy says time to get into the market

This is Bloomberg has to say
Record chocolate sales are boosting cocoa demand and prices as bean supplies lag behind demand for a second year.

Output will be 129,000 metric tons smaller than demand in the 12 months starting Oct. 1, Euan Mann, director at the London-based Complete Commodity Solutions Ltd., said at the European Cocoa Association conference in Istanbul this week. That follows a shortage of 119,000 tons a year earlier. Chocolate sales will rise 6.2 percent to a record $117 billion next year, researcher Euromonitor International Ltd. estimates.

Demand for cocoa beans will jump 3 percent to 5 percent in 2013-14, Peter B. Johnson, chief executive officer of Fehrbellin, Germany-based cocoa processor Euromar Commodities GmbH, said at the conference. Futures rose to the highest in almost a year in London to 1,685 pounds ($2,674) a ton on Sept. 5, entering a bull market. The cost of cocoa butter relative to beans in Europe jumped to the highest since 2008 last month. Butter accounts for 20 percent of the weight of a chocolate bar.

Mokey41

The rich are always getting richer. No news there. Still not sure what this has to do with diet and weight loss though.

garber6th

The rich are always getting richer. No news there. Still not sure what this has to do with diet and weight loss though.

Because Mexico is being taxed on dark chocolate futures... or something?

Lichent

no hon mexico is taxing sodas hope she taxes the beejeezes out of the soda market she has 77,000 new case of diabetes each year. That is the real price of soda drinking.

Futures are about speculating on price increases in certain foods and chocolate is one of those , they predicted price increases on chocolate three years ago.

Mokey41

no hon mexico is taxing sodas hope she taxes the beejeezes out of the soda market she has 77,000 new case of diabetes each year. That is the real price of soda drinking.

Futures are about speculating on price increases in certain foods and chocolate is one of those , they predicted price increases on chocolate three years ago.

WHOOSH!

sloth3toes

we should get on the gravy train.

Now, I'm confused. I thought you just got off the gravy train?

Lichent

study show you can lose more wieght by 4 times more lo sugar desserts versus one high dense sugar dessert once a week.

Nikoruo

mmm milk chocolate

beachlover317

study show you can lose more wieght by 4 times more lo sugar desserts versus one high dense sugar dessert once a week.

NO, go back to your original thread and read all responses.

sloth3toes

study show you can lose more wieght by 4 times more lo sugar desserts versus one high dense sugar dessert once a week.

Mokey41

study show you can lose more wieght by 4 times if you eat at a calorie deficit every day. By the way, Hokt on Foniks werkt fer me!

brower47

I like this thread. Giggling burns calories, right?

PikaKnight

Oh, Minnie.

At this point I would gladly read posts about your TOM, or what you would do to the person above you.

Just....no more of these. Please.

QFT

Hauntinglyfit

The fact that i will go broke and probably start selling my body to support my habit is not good news at all.

_Waffle_

The Asian Pop ulation keeps growing they will outstrip the world demand before it collapses we should get on the gravy train.

Hey now. Gravy has quite a few calories in it. Then I'm tempted to pour it over biscuits and add bacon on the side or sausage.


Mmmmm gravy, bacon. Who cares about chocolate when there are far worse traps to fall into?

Achrya

Is Buddy bringing the Good Word of Dieting again? Oh that Buddy!

SteelySunshine

I didn't eat chocolate bars from 1984-1988. I gained quite a few pounds during that time. I think I got fat from having a chocolate deficiency. Come to think of it I haven't had chocolate for quite a few months now. I better go get some before I stall or worse start gaining again.