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For All lovers Of Chocolate

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OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 8 Oct 2013 08:16

Might be a good idea to stock up on your favourite chocolate as there is a report in The Gaily Mail today that prices could rise before Christmas :-(

Rising cost of cocoa butter will push every 100g of milk chocolate up 21p
Other crucial ingredients such as milk powder are also more expensive
Bad weather has hit key growing region of Ivory Coast, experts explain

We all look forward to a few extra little luxuries at Christmas, but this year, your favourite festive treats could hit your wallet as hard as your waistline, with the cost of chocolate set to soar by up to a third.

Crippling rises in the price of cocoa butter could add 21p to the cost of every 100g of milk chocolate by December, experts said.

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"

'Emma'

'Emma' Report 8 Oct 2013 10:07

A double blow OFITG as I use Body Butter Moisturiser :-( :-0

Emma :-)

RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 8 Oct 2013 10:19

https://globalderivatives.nyx.com/contract/content/29105/settlement-prices

Researching:
The Man In the High Castle

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 8 Oct 2013 10:59

If I can't get my fix of chocolate I might have to resort to ..... drink!



>>>>> insert big drunk grin here <<<<<

JustJohn

JustJohn Report 8 Oct 2013 11:16

aarghhh!! Two possibilities:

1. We could have a Christmas not being able to afford chocolate. Remember those chocolate substitutes we had in the 1950's and 1960's, made from cocoa butter or something. Really horrible, but cheap.
2. Shop in Lidl. My Bounty bar (CocoChoc, I think) is 25p in Lidl. Even if it doubles in price, it will still be cheaper than a proper Bounty. And tastes nearly the same. Bars of chocolate in Lidl for 35p - good quality too. And the gorgeous cherry liqueurs are £1.29 for a whole box :-D

Disclaimer. I am not suggesting everyone shops in Lidl. There are many other similar emporia to be explored for bargains. :-) ;-)

Edit. Rollo. Just looked at that link about future prices of world cocoa. It seems to suggest that future prices will drop slightly. Am I reading it right? :-S Are Daily Mail not telling the whole truth in order to create interest and sell more of their appetising newspaper :-S

Researching:
Amelie my granddaughter's ancestry. My ban until 1 Jan 2021

RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 8 Oct 2013 11:24

how to get through the day for chocolate lovers everywhere

http://www.greenandblacks.co.uk/our-range.aspx

LIdls, amazingly, have French chocolate biscuits "le petit ecolier" at a keen price.

Researching:
The Man In the High Castle

JustJohn

JustJohn Report 8 Oct 2013 11:24

Very worried for you, Emma :-( :-(

But what about these poor people

http://www.chocolatespa.com/treatments/signature_collections.php

Researching:
Amelie my granddaughter's ancestry. My ban until 1 Jan 2021

'Emma'

'Emma' Report 8 Oct 2013 12:08

John I'm worried for me, no chocolate
and no moisturer,,how will I cope ;-) :-D

Tenerife Sun

Tenerife Sun Report 8 Oct 2013 12:28

I could never keep a stock of chocolate, it would be gone overnight :-)

Researching:
Matthew and Jane Elwood who had my great great grandfather Francis Edward Elwood baptised in 1807 at Horsham Sussex. There is no sign of Matthew or Jane from this date and my great great grandfather was brought up as Francis Edward Elwood MITCHELL

RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 8 Oct 2013 12:42

Sadly December cocoa is trending upwards

http://futures.tradingcharts.com/chart/CC/

Since the wicked Kraft company took away my beloved dark Bournville slabs with nuts I have managed to binge less on chocolate. All the same I tend to find myself gazing wistfully at Green&Black and don't always resist.

Yesterday dinner Dover sole, small glass of white wine, fresh fruit.
( preferred menu t-bone, large glass of red, choc mud pie pudding)
OH is determined that there will be less and less of me, she has found and hidden the emergency chocolate :-(

Maybe Milliband will take over the chocolate companies and issue 250g free every Thursday
;-)

Researching:
The Man In the High Castle

'Emma'

'Emma' Report 8 Oct 2013 12:58

It has been quite a while since I had Bournville
chocolate with dairy chocolate in the middle.
Heaven :-)

OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 8 Oct 2013 13:11

They already sell bags of mini Mars Bar - they will probably replace the already substantially reduced normal sized Mars Bar :-(

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"

SheilaSomerset

SheilaSomerset Report 8 Oct 2013 13:21

Just give me one pack of chocolate covered figs from Lakeland and you can keep the big tins, selection boxes etc.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmm <3

Researching:
Gloucestershire, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, London, Lithuania, Russia

Cooper

Cooper Report 8 Oct 2013 19:13

I love Green and Blacks 70% dark chocolate. I gave up chocolate for a while but needed something. I tried G&Bs 70% and two squares is enough for the chocolate hit :-D Any more is too much nowadays.

The co op has tins of the Cadburys/Mars/\Nestle on offer from the 10th-26th Oct. £9 for two tins. Its worth stocking up early.

Teresa

Researching:
Helm Tappenden, Kitchen/Kitchin,(London) Cantwell (southern Ireland)

jax

jax Report 8 Oct 2013 19:34

My parents often buy me boxes of Lidl's cherry Liquers....now I know the price I will send HID down for supplies :-D

Researching:
Nothing much

♥†۩ Carol Paine ۩†♥

♥†۩ Carol Paine ۩†♥ Report 8 Oct 2013 21:57

:-D

I was just planning a big chocolate shop tomorrow ... then realized that the shops will have ordered/got their Christmas stock by now, so that's safe. :-D


Seems it will be an expensive Easter :-|

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 8 Oct 2013 22:21

What will I do with that skinny woman?

The one that's inside me, screaming to get out!!

Up until now I've shut her up by feeding her chocolate.

>>>>> insert big chocolate grin here <<<<<

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 9 Oct 2013 01:03

I just spotted this article ~

http://womansday.ninemsn.com.au/style/beauty/8735558/chocolate-keeps-you-young-but-lentils-make-you-old

That's it! I'm throwing out the lentils and stocking up with chocolate!

>>>>> insert glum lentil face here <<<<<