Easter Egg-flation: Let’s unwrap it
Podcast |
Newscast
Publisher |
BBC
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
News
Publication Date |
Mar 28, 2024
Episode Duration |
00:27:28

Today we look at the price of chocolate and why it has increased so much this year.

Earlier this week the price of Cocoa hit $10000 per metric ton - the highest level ever. This is being felt in the price of Easter eggs, with some products going up in price by over 50%.

Adam is joined by the BBC’s Faisal Islam alongside Professor Elizabeth Robinson, Director of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and the Associate Director for Responsible Business at the Fairtrade Foundation, Anna Mann to explore what’s behind these price increases and what they tell us about the climate crisis and food security,

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