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Price alert on the distribution chain\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n Thus, from ice cream to chocolate bars, from cocoa-based drinks to snacks, many products on the shelves are struggling with this scenario. Big names in the sector such as Lindt and Nestl\u00e9<\/b> they have announced price increases, also to be achieved through a reduction in the weight of chocolates and similar (so-called Grammar <\/i><\/b>), a policy already implemented last winter by small\/medium processing industries, which were forced to reduce the weight in order to maintain a shelf price that was still convenient for consumers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n It must be said, however, that the impact has been limited so far, given that distribution companies \u2013 in most cases \u2013 have secured stable prices in the past through long-term contracts (so-called). Forecast <\/i><\/b>), preferring, in this case, a planned and spread-out increase in stocks, rather than having to, necessarily, increase prices to the consumer with the associated risk of unsold goods.<\/p>\r\n The impact of the legislation<\/b><\/p>\r\n To the factors already mentioned we must add the Community regulation on deforestation<\/b>, which will impose strict controls on the procurement of agricultural materials, aiming to prevent the felling of trees to make way for crops like cocoa. Before it comes into force, some processing operators have decided to stockpile cocoa beans already in European warehouses and therefore exempt from the new regulation, further boosting prices. The risk is that this will further fuel the downward spiral, complicating the return to normality.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Chocolate is facing soaring cocoa prices, which are putting pressure on processors' margins and consumers' pockets, creating the conditions for a downward spiral from which it may be difficult to escape.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":716,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n