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Originally Posted by acottawa
The average Canadian consumes 6 kg of chocolate per year, maybe 3ish kg of cocoa. Even at $7 a kg, the wholesale cost of cocoa for the average Canadian is $21.
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Sure. But chocolate is just one commodity. Bit by bit, this is how inflation ticks up. Also, this is by no means the end of these increases. The more climate sensitive, the more volatile. At least we've moved on from saying this kind of volatility can't happen. That's progress I guess.