Skyrocketing sugar prices are hitting some of Africa’s poorest nations, forcing families to forgo the ingredient that's core to local diets bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

Skyrocketing sugar prices are hitting some of Africa’s poorest nations, forcing families to forgo the ingredient that's core to local diets bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Stonegate Pub Co. is reportedly considering bids from Cerberus and Morgan Stanley Real Estate for about a quarter of its pubs bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg

India extends its curbs on sugar exports beyond Oct. 31, a move that is likely to tighten global supplies bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

Ghana is seeking to borrow $400 million from cocoa traders to finance industry operations as it struggles to secure a loan from international banks bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

London cocoa is fetching a big premium to US futures on tight supplies amid uncertainty over how new EU deforestation rules will affect prices bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Mumbi Gitau Grace

Europe’s flooded fields are delaying sugar harvesting and threatening to wipe out 15% of France's beet crop bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

Chinese farmers in some provinces are being forced to let fresh vegetables rot in their fields due to weak demand and ample supply, according to a local news report and videos posted on social media bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

French sugar-beet growers are demanding that rising sugar imports from Ukraine be re-exported outside Europe to avoid hurting local producers bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Politics

A climate crisis in the Ivory Coast and Ghana is making your chocolate more expensive, writes Mumbi Gitau Grace trib.al/mb6Vxby

My first reporting trip to West Africa was epic and insightful, traversing more than 1,500 km in both Ivory Coast and Ghana for several stories. Here's the latest story on the climate crisis playing out in the cocoa heavyweights making chocolate pricier. bloomberg.com/news/features/…

My first reporting trip to West Africa was epic and insightful, traversing more than 1,500 km in both Ivory Coast and Ghana, the heavyweights in cocoa production.

Here's why your chocolate is getting expensive.

The world may get even less coffee from Vietnam, the world’s biggest grower of the robusta variety used in instant drinks and espressos, as a smaller crop and growing local demand squeeze supplies bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

The EU is facing the prospect of a coffee shortage in 2025 as the market grapples with a lack of clarity around the implementation of deforestation regulations bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Green

India is considering curbing ethanol production from sugar cane as the world’s largest consumer of the sweetener battles domestic shortages bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

Kenya’s William Ruto has helped build momentum around the continent’s demands for clean energy funding ahead of COP28 — now he needs to deliver bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Green

Ivory Coast stops a tax incentive for cocoa grinders as it tries to meet the terms of an IMF loan program, dealing a blow to foreign companies that make up the majority of domestic processing. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

A new law tracing the origin of cocoa beans threatens to jolt the prices of chocolate, skin-care products and herbal medicines, writes Mumbi Gitau Grace trib.al/abYzBI1

The threat of a coming squeeze in Europe’s coffee supplies is stoking volatility as traders worry that a new law to protect forests will curb imports bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets