Rising chocolate prices bite as Easter approaches
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With the Easter season fast approaching, Australians are being warned that the price of chocolate is rising. That's because the key ingredient used to make it - cocoa - has surged to record levels, trading at more than AU$15,400 a tonne due to a poor harvest season in Africa.