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Halloween candy sales are off to a slow start amid high chocolate prices and affordability concerns
🇺🇸 United States · Economy · 30 min ago
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Consumers Face Record Halloween Spending Despite Cost Pressures
Heat waves and heavy rains linked to climate change disrupted crops in 2025, triggering supply shortages and severe price spikes, while elevated U.S. tariffs on cocoa-producing regions also impacted costs before levies on non-domestic agricultural commodities were lifted last November.
Halloween Candy Sales Off to Slow Start Amid High Chocolate Prices, Affordability Concerns
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