{"id":105224,"date":"2025-03-11T21:24:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T21:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/increased-prices-of-chocolate-factories-are-struggling-with-expensive-raw-materials-news-sorlandet-local-news-tv-and-radio\/"},"modified":"2025-03-11T21:24:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T21:24:01","slug":"increased-prices-of-chocolate-factories-are-struggling-with-expensive-raw-materials-news-sorlandet-local-news-tv-and-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/increased-prices-of-chocolate-factories-are-struggling-with-expensive-raw-materials-news-sorlandet-local-news-tv-and-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Increased prices of chocolate – factories are struggling with expensive raw materials – news S\u00f8rlandet – local news, TV and radio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

– We have adjusted our prices compared to Easter last year. We are reasonably dependent on increasing them, says Morten Arnesen. He is the general manager of Heimdal Chokolade in Arendal. There he is in the process of filling Easter eggs with more expensive goodies than before. Several ingredients have had a price increase of well over 40 percent. – We can’t take back prices as much as they have gone up. We bought for almost half a million, he says. Morten Arnesen is preparing the chocolate for the customers. It costs the company more than before. Photo: P\u00e5l Tegnander \/ news Uncertain about the future of the company a few quarters beyond stands the general manager of the sweet confectionery Mia Nilsen. She has been running the company for three years and says that the raw materials have never been more expensive. – Cocaoat has risen 59 percent, and it’s just cocoa, she says. Nilsen is unsure how long she can run the company with the prices that are today. – I can’t burn myself wasting money. If we don’t get enough sold, then it doesn’t seem completely motivating. The future of the chocolate company is uncertain when the prices are so high, says Mia Nilsen. Photo: P\u00e5l Tegnander \/ news At Hval Chocolate Factory In Sandefjord they have also branded increased commodity prices. In a year and a half, prices have risen 60 per cent to consumers, says CEO Rolf Rune Forsberg to news. Fits the spending Morten Arensen has run the chocolate factory for 35 years. He says it is difficult to say how much customers are willing to pay. – We have fantastic customers both locally and nationally. No one has said anything about the increase in the prices of the goods, he says. Inside the factory, the chocolate is decorated for Easter. The CEO has faith in this year’s sales, despite challenges. Photo: P\u00e5l Tegnander \/ news It is not just the producers who notice the big price increase. Several news have talked to say that they notice it well. From 2024 to 2025, prices have increased by 7.5 per cent, according to Statistics Norway. – I’m more careful about what I spend money on. I eat more leftovers and take care of how I use food, says Linn Iren Engemyr Knutsen. Owe Carlsen-Jevne notes it well when shopping food. – That we may have to wait longer to get an interest rate cut just shows that there is no control over the economy, he says. Fears price increase Arnesen says he fears further price increases. – It is said that it will take around three to four years before we return to normal level. It’s scary, he says. However, chocolate entrepreneurs do not believe that there will be less Easter sales this year. Published 11.03.2025, at. 21.46
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