Chocolate Companies Warn Of Looming Global Shortage

positivenegative

9 years ago

Originally Posted by WalkingCarpet

I couldn't imagine life without Nutella.

An appropriately named snack, for you that is.

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LesEnfantsTerribles

9 years ago

Never quite liked chocolate but I surely can understand the love for it! Good luck guys never lose hope!

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HeySal

9 years ago

Chocolate shortage? Are they running out of kids for slave labor? Guess they'd rather run short supply than dip into those massive profits to actually pay adults a living wage for working for them huh?

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ThomM

9 years ago

Originally Posted by HeySal

Chocolate shortage? Are they running out of kids for slave labor? Guess they'd rather run short supply than dip into those massive profits to actually pay adults a living wage for working for them huh?

If memory serves me right, there's been a threat of a chocolate or coffee shortage every year for a while now. They're like the gas shortages. Just a ploy to raise prices

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HeySal

9 years ago

Originally Posted by ThomM

If memory serves me right, there's been a threat of a chocolate or coffee shortage every year for a while now. They're like the gas shortages. Just a ploy to raise prices

I thought that the last coffee scare was just due to a bad crop year. I do notice, however, that once a bad crop year hits and prices rise, they never seem to go down again. We might have to move south and grow our own sooner or later.

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Alexa Smith

Banned 9 years ago

There was certainly a big and prominent article in today's (London) Times about the forthcoming global chocolate shortage. Most alarming (to some of us, who often consume rather more than our "share"!).

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WalkingCarpet

Banned 9 years ago

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

There was certainly a big and prominent article in today's (London) Times about the forthcoming global chocolate shortage. Most alarming (to some of us, who often consume rather more than our "share"!).

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Link please?

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Alexa Smith Banned 9 years ago

Originally Posted by WalkingCarpet

Link please?

Subscription only, I'm afraid. (It's the one UK newspaper none of whose daily editions you can just "look at online".)

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- whateverpedia 9 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Alexa Smith
  
  Subscription only, I'm afraid. (It's the one UK newspaper none of whose daily editions you can just "look at online".)
  
  Doesn't the "google trick" work with The Times? It does with Murdoch's broadsheet down here.
  
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  Originally Posted by whateverpedia
  
  Doesn't the "google trick" work with The Times? It does with with Murdoch's broadsheet down here.
  
  I don't know what it is (I try to avoid anything to do with Google, whenever I can!).
  
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  Lucian Lada 9 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Alexa Smith
  
  (I try to avoid anything to do with Google, whenever I can!).
  
  Don't tell me it's because some conspiracy theories suggesting Google can take hold of your life.
  
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  Alexa Smith Banned 9 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Lucian Lada
  
  Don't tell me it's because some conspiracy theories suggesting Google can take hold of your life.
  
  No; they're not conspiracy theories - it's actually true (it must be: I read it in the Warrior Forum).
  
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  bizgrower 9 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by whateverpedia
  
  Doesn't the "google trick" work with The Times? It does with Murdoch's broadsheet down here.
  
  Originally Posted by Alexa Smith
  
  I don't know what it is (I try to avoid anything to do with Google, whenever I can!).
  
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  Originally Posted by Richard Van
  
  I'm not privy to this either. Can I receive a PM with this juicy info please?
  
  Originally Posted by Lucian Lada
  
  Don't tell me it's because some conspiracy theories suggesting Google can take hold of your life.
  
  The Google trick worked with the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) as well. If you come into the article from a
  Google search, you could read the whole article without being asked to subscribe. If I recall
  correctly, you would be asked to subscribe as you tried to navigate within the WSJ.
  
  I can't tell you if it works with your favorite search engines.
  
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  Add: Does not work with Google and London Times
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  Richard Van 9 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by whateverpedia
  
  Doesn't the "google trick" work with The Times? It does with with Murdoch's broadsheet down here.
  
  I'm not privy to this either. Can I receive a PM with this juicy info please?
  
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ElGuapo

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

There was certainly a big and prominent article in today's (London) Times about the forthcoming global chocolate shortage. Most alarming (to some of us, who often consume rather more than our "share"!).

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A life without Cadbury is a life not worth living.

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Paul Myers

9 years ago

As long as we don't run out of corned beef or swiss cheese, I'm good.

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Entrecon

9 years ago

Maybe it is time to invest in some chocolate company stocks. I would contact my broker, except I don't have a broker.

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Richard Van 9 years ago

Originally Posted by iqra6500

Are these chocolates dangerous for health?

Yes they are. Dashed lethal. Spread the word.

Right that should stop them eating it in Rawalpindi. I'm going to spread that rumour here too.

Hopefully together with a few elaborate 'chocolate is lethal' stories the demand will go down a fraction.
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HeySal

9 years ago

Actually, dark chocolate is extremely good for you.

This news does make me glad I'm more of a vanilla freak.

Paul - reubin shortages should be met with nothing short of war.

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WalkingCarpet

Banned 9 years ago

Originally Posted by HeySal

Actually, dark chocolate is extremely good for you.

This news does make me glad I'm more of a vanilla freak.

Paul - reubin shortages should be met with nothing short of war.

Hmm I used to eat Toblerone Dark Chocolate. Expensive

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tagiscom 9 years ago

Originally Posted by WalkingCarpet

Hmm I used to eat Toblerone Dark Chocolate. Expensive

Hmmmm, that is my chocolate of choice for movie outings, but l buy the normal one, (didn't know it came in dark)?

A small one of those and a can of coke and l save a fortune!

Sounds like all that will be left on supermarket shelves, are Milky Ways and other horrible ones that no body buys!
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HeySal

9 years ago

Google is the most dangerous to people with a credit card and little resistance to targeted ads, I'm thinking.

Over here the average chocolate bars have GMOs in them. Hershey and Nestle's both sell the same candy overseas made without the GMOs, but you can't get them here. Simply because they aren't forced to label GMOs here. Real chocolate without the GMO crap in it costs a pretty penny here.

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Paul Myers

9 years ago

Sal,

reubin shortages should be met with nothing short of war.

I'm totally okay with a Russian dressing crisis. Wouldn't be affected much by a sauerkraut shortage, for that matter. When I get a craving for corned beef and swiss with Weber's horseradish mustard, though, it would be dangerous to be between me and the necessaries.

I have few food addictions, but I indulge them shamelessly. I'll drive to Buffalo at the drop of a hat for good beef on weck, and Cincinnatti for Skyline chili without much more prompting. (To be fair, that was before you could get Skyline sauce here, or just go to Cleveland to hit the restaurants.)

Other than a mild urge for peanut butter cups every few months, all the chocolate in the world could go away and I wouldn't even notice.

Paul

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Alexa Smith Banned 9 years ago

Originally Posted by Paul Myers

When I get a craving for corned beef and swiss with Weber's horseradish mustard, though, it would be dangerous to be between me and the necessaries.

Whatever you do, don't post it in Steven's gastric thread: it will give him acidic reflux just reading about it!

Originally Posted by Paul Myers

all the chocolate in the world could go away and I wouldn't even notice.

I'll take your share, and give you a pastrami on rye with mustard or something, in exchange ...

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- Paul Myers 9 years ago
  
  Alexa,
  
  Whatever you do, don't post it in Steven's gastric thread: it will give him acidic reflux just reading about it!
  
  I should probably not mention the habanero cherry mustard, then?
  
  I'll take your share, and give you a pastrami on rye with mustard or something, in exchange ....
  
  DONE!
  
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ThomM

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Paul Myers

Sal,I'm totally okay with a Russian dressing crisis. Wouldn't be affected much by a sauerkraut shortage, for that matter. When I get a craving for corned beef and swiss with Weber's horseradish mustard, though, it would be dangerous to be between me and the necessaries.

I have few food addictions, but I indulge them shamelessly. I'll drive to Buffalo at the drop of a hat for good beef on weck, and Cincinnatti for Skyline chili without much more prompting. (To be fair, that was before you could get Skyline sauce here, or just go to Cleveland to hit the restaurants.)

Other than a mild urge for peanut butter cups every few months, all the chocolate in the world could go away and I wouldn't even notice.

Paul

On good Rye bread

My corned beef craving kicked in yesterday. I've got an hour left before the brisket comes out of the crockpot.
I usually put some of the left over cabbage on mine

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