Supermarkets Are Unkind to Chocolate Lovers

Chocolate is an expensive habit. Especially if you live in a country with a supermarket duopoly.
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The cocoa price has doubled in mere months, but it shouldn’t add much to the price of chocolate:
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[@AnitaHoran-r4f]

Great video. Thanks again for highlighting an important issue affecting us all.

[@timbohoran]

@@AnitaHoran-r4f, thanks for your support 🙏

[@sspacegghost]

70% cocoa, dark chocolate, aldi - the organic one. after a couple of years researching supermarket buys, this was the best tasting...not expensive. the organic is irrelevant its the 70% cocoa in a dark that is a sweet spot for taste.

[@timbohoran]

@@sspacegghost, thanks. I'll try that one next 🙏

[@MikeRyan-vd1qw]

85% Lindt in the uk is currently £2.75 at Sainsbury's which is $5.41AUD.

[@timbohoran]

@@MikeRyan-vd1qw , thanks for the info. Interesting 🍫

[@Squaretable22]

I know in Europe - notably France and the UK the food manufacturers are gauging the supermarkets, to the point that Carrefour in France would put up signs saying how much the food manufacturers are charging them.
The Supermarkets in the UK were making record profits in COVID (largely because they were the only thing that could open), but post-COVID their profit margins have been squeezed due to profiteering by food manufacturers, inflation especially on energy and grain due to the war in Ukraine, and a price war (although they're using it to push their loyalty schemes - like Clubcard Prices).

[@timbohoran]

@@Squaretable22, that's interesting about Carrefour 🤔

[@GibboTarnAdventures]

Loving the content Tim! Keep it coming. Lucky I had chocolate in the house when I watched your video otherwise I would have had to head out to Coles when the craving’s started.

[@timbohoran]

@@GibboTarnAdventures, cheers 🍫

[@oldhamer111]

"Supermarkets are purposefully undercutting the other brands to increase their market share." No shit Sherlock. They're a business, aiming to make money...Kind of a no brainer.

[@fbboringstuff]

Clearly you have no clue. Pricing here tells the complete opposite. Their attitude is the f-k’em to death… the consumer.

[@oldhamer111]

@@fbboringstuff Why should they care about consumers? They're a business - they make as much money as they can. Duh

[@fbboringstuff]

Criminally misinformed. Flimsy explanation that is grotesquely simple and missing critical detail.
All I could expect from a NPC enthusiast, unfortunately.