"The labor's expensive and we like keeping the cost down but if the prices go up obviously our prices have to go up," said Amayo.
"Since January 2024 it's gone up 100% in price. And since July 2022 it's up 230% in what the US dollar price of cocoa beans are," said David Branch.
"As the price of chocolate goes up people are buying less," said Branch.
Experts say 75% of the world's cocoa supply comes from West Africa, which has had three consecutive years of bad crops including too much rain and root rot followed by drought.
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