Cocoa prices may be easing after soaring as much as 400 per cent this year, but prices for the key chocolate ingredient are still at historic highs. Both retailers and consumers are feeling the pinch, with some popular festive treats in the United Kingdom 10 per cent more expensive than last year. CNA’s John Bevir reports from Bristol.
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