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The Cocoa Crisis

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The global chocolate industry is grappling with a steep rise in cocoa prices, leading to significant changes for producers and consumers alike. This unprecedented surge, driven by unusual weather patterns and long-standing structural challenges, has sent shockwaves through the market, forcing chocolate manufacturers to rethink recipes, pricing, and sourcing strategies.

Skip Montreux and Dez Morgan take a deep dive into the cocoa crisis, unpacking the causes and consequences of rising prices. They analyze how unseasonal El Niño rains have severely impacted West African cocoa production, highlighting the underinvestment in farms and crop diseases that have worsened the supply issues. With 60% of cocoa futures contracts held by speculators, market volatility is further inflating costs, leading chocolate manufacturers to implement measures like "shrinkflation" and recipe changes to navigate this complex market.

Listeners looking to enhance their business English, Skip and Dez's conversation is a great learning resource. Key points include:

  1. Cocoa prices have soared over 300% in just one year, driven by environmental and economic factors.
  2. Chocolate manufacturers are altering their product recipes and resorting to "shrinkflation" to offset costs.
  3. Speculation in cocoa futures contracts has contributed significantly to price inflation, with investors holding around 60% of the contracts.

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Contact Skip, Dez, and Samantha at

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Manage episode 417364345 series 181691
Contenu fourni par Skip Montreux, Dez Morgan, and Samantha Vega | Business English Instructors. Tout le contenu du podcast, y compris les épisodes, les graphiques et les descriptions de podcast, est téléchargé et fourni directement par Skip Montreux, Dez Morgan, and Samantha Vega | Business English Instructors ou son partenaire de plateforme de podcast. Si vous pensez que quelqu'un utilise votre œuvre protégée sans votre autorisation, vous pouvez suivre le processus décrit ici https://fr.player.fm/legal.

The global chocolate industry is grappling with a steep rise in cocoa prices, leading to significant changes for producers and consumers alike. This unprecedented surge, driven by unusual weather patterns and long-standing structural challenges, has sent shockwaves through the market, forcing chocolate manufacturers to rethink recipes, pricing, and sourcing strategies.

Skip Montreux and Dez Morgan take a deep dive into the cocoa crisis, unpacking the causes and consequences of rising prices. They analyze how unseasonal El Niño rains have severely impacted West African cocoa production, highlighting the underinvestment in farms and crop diseases that have worsened the supply issues. With 60% of cocoa futures contracts held by speculators, market volatility is further inflating costs, leading chocolate manufacturers to implement measures like "shrinkflation" and recipe changes to navigate this complex market.

Listeners looking to enhance their business English, Skip and Dez's conversation is a great learning resource. Key points include:

  1. Cocoa prices have soared over 300% in just one year, driven by environmental and economic factors.
  2. Chocolate manufacturers are altering their product recipes and resorting to "shrinkflation" to offset costs.
  3. Speculation in cocoa futures contracts has contributed significantly to price inflation, with investors holding around 60% of the contracts.

Do you like what you hear?

Become a D2B Member today for to access to interactive audio scripts, PDF audio scripts, bonus vocabulary episodes, and D2B Member-only episodes.

Visit d2benglish.com/membership for more information.

Follow Down to Business English on Apple podcasts, rate the show, and leave a comment.

Contact Skip, Dez, and Samantha at

downtobusinessenglish@gmail.com

Follow Skip & Dez

Skip Montreux on Linkedin

Skip Montreux on Instagram

Skip Montreux on Twitter

Skip Montreux on Facebook

Dez Morgan on Twitter

RSS Feed

  continue reading

177 episodes

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