https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AOW9e5eD2vE/nicholas-larkinhttps://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.pnghttps://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AOW9e5eD2vE/nicholas-larkinRSS for NodeMon, 20 Apr 2026 16:03:54 GMThttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-06/london-cocoa-hits-lowest-since-early-2024-as-supplies-improvehttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-06/london-cocoa-hits-lowest-since-early-2024-as-supplies-improveMon, 06 Oct 2025 09:02:58 GMThttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-25/consumers-face-pricier-coffee-as-arabica-hits-highest-since-1997https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-25/consumers-face-pricier-coffee-as-arabica-hits-highest-since-1997Mon, 25 Nov 2024 14:30:30 GMTA cafe receipt beside a coffee in the old town in Assisi, Italy, on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. Italy's coalition pledged to get the country's budget deficit back under the European Union's limit by 2026, in a move probably boosted by a revision to pandemic-era data.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-08-23/global-food-roundup-china-probes-eu-cheese-in-trade-spathttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-08-23/global-food-roundup-china-probes-eu-cheese-in-trade-spatFri, 23 Aug 2024 11:00:09 GMTA customer inside a 7Fresh supermarket, operated by JD.com Inc., in Beijing, China, on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. JD's performance was a far cry from the double-digit percentage expansions of previous years, before Beijing's 2021 clampdown on internet spheres from online commerce to ride-hailing chilled a once-booming, free-wheeling tech sector.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-07-12/global-food-roundup-extreme-weather-hits-food-supplieshttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-07-12/global-food-roundup-extreme-weather-hits-food-suppliesFri, 12 Jul 2024 11:00:37 GMTA grouping of rice seedlings in the middle of a freshly planted paddy in Lishui, Zhejiang province, China, on Friday, June 7, 2024. Weather is rattling the rice market once more, driving prices of the food staple back to the cusp of 15-year highs after a period of calm.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-05-31/global-food-roundup-weather-risks-and-ozempic-threatens-sugar-demandhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-05-31/global-food-roundup-weather-risks-and-ozempic-threatens-sugar-demandFri, 31 May 2024 11:00:25 GMTA baker measures refined sugar at a cafe's kitchen in Negros Occidental, the Philippines, on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered the relaxation of rules on importation of agriculture products including sugar to stabilize prices.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-03/cocoa-whipsaws-to-close-one-of-the-wildest-weeks-market-has-seenhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-03/cocoa-whipsaws-to-close-one-of-the-wildest-weeks-market-has-seenFri, 03 May 2024 10:03:23 GMTCocoa beans in a roasting machine in Paris.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-28/five-key-charts-to-watch-in-global-commodity-markets-this-weekhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-28/five-key-charts-to-watch-in-global-commodity-markets-this-weekSun, 28 Apr 2024 21:00:00 GMTHarvested cacao pods at a farm in Eunapolis, Bahia state, Brazil, on Friday, April 5, 2024. New machinery and widespread use of irrigation systems is helping Brazil's cocoa production grow, which is a large shift for the typically labor-intensive crop and a welcome development for global markets facing severe bean shortages from top growers in West Africa.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-04-12/global-food-roundup-trade-risks-and-cocoa-crisishttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-04-12/global-food-roundup-trade-risks-and-cocoa-crisisFri, 12 Apr 2024 11:00:04 GMTA customer in the fresh groceries section of a Mercadona SA supermarket in Barcelona, Spain, on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. Bloomberg’s monthly index, which calculates how much Spanish households need to spend on ingredients to make the Mediterranean rice dish paella, jumped 18.3% in August from a year ago, accelerating from a 15% rise the previous month.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-26/cocoa-powers-toward-10-000-as-shortages-drive-relentless-rallyhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-26/cocoa-powers-toward-10-000-as-shortages-drive-relentless-rallyTue, 26 Mar 2024 09:54:32 GMTAssorted chocolates.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-18/the-hottest-commodity-cocoa-s-historic-surge-in-five-chartshttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-18/the-hottest-commodity-cocoa-s-historic-surge-in-five-chartsMon, 18 Mar 2024 16:27:16 GMTA worker sorts cocoa beans at a cocoa processing plant in Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-06/copper-climbs-to-one-week-high-after-powell-s-remarks-on-rateshttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-06/copper-climbs-to-one-week-high-after-powell-s-remarks-on-ratesWed, 06 Mar 2024 14:09:33 GMThttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-03-01/global-food-roundup-chocolate-costs-rise-on-record-cocoa-pricehttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-03-01/global-food-roundup-chocolate-costs-rise-on-record-cocoa-priceFri, 01 Mar 2024 12:00:13 GMTCocoa beans dry outside at the Casib Coop-CA in Gabiadji. Photographer: Paul Ninsonhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-01-05/food-threat-from-red-sea-ship-attacks-and-chocolate-priceshttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-01-05/food-threat-from-red-sea-ship-attacks-and-chocolate-pricesFri, 05 Jan 2024 12:00:13 GMTThe Maersk Sentosa container ship sails southbound to exit the Suez Canal in Suez, Egypt, on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. A steep decline in the number of tankers entering a vital Red Sea conduit suggests that attacks on ships in the area are further disrupting a key artery of global trade.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-30/russian-oil-refining-at-seven-week-high-as-maintenance-nears-endhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-30/russian-oil-refining-at-seven-week-high-as-maintenance-nears-endMon, 30 Oct 2023 14:05:35 GMThttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-10-20/rice-and-sugar-exports-gm-crops-and-weight-loss-drugs-food-rounduphttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-10-20/rice-and-sugar-exports-gm-crops-and-weight-loss-drugs-food-roundupFri, 20 Oct 2023 11:00:16 GMTA combine harvester in a rice paddy field during harvesting in Narvana, Haryana, India, on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. India, the world's top rice exporter, extended a tax on overseas sales of the parboiled variety to control domestic prices ahead of key polls, a move that will continue to squeeze global supplies and raise food inflation.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-08-25/supply-chain-latest-food-trade-curbs-and-climate-change-threathttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-08-25/supply-chain-latest-food-trade-curbs-and-climate-change-threatFri, 25 Aug 2023 11:00:11 GMTA cargo ship sails toward the Pacific Ocean after its transit though the Panama Canal. Photographer: Arnulfo Franco/APhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-08-11/supply-chain-latest-rice-prices-jump-and-more-black-sea-grain-fearshttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-08-11/supply-chain-latest-rice-prices-jump-and-more-black-sea-grain-fearsFri, 11 Aug 2023 11:00:11 GMTRice saplings at a flooded paddy field in Bhivpuri, India, on Thursday, July 20, 2023. India, the world’s biggest rice exporter, banned shipments of non-basmati white rice to maintain domestic prices at comfortable levels ahead of the general election due in early 2024.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-07-21/supply-chain-latest-black-sea-grain-crisis-threatens-food-supplieshttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-07-21/supply-chain-latest-black-sea-grain-crisis-threatens-food-suppliesFri, 21 Jul 2023 11:00:11 GMTBulk carriers in the Black Sea. Photographer: Andrei Pungovschi/Bloomberghttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-05-05/supply-chain-latest-hunger-crisis-worsens-and-food-security-pushhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-05-05/supply-chain-latest-hunger-crisis-worsens-and-food-security-pushFri, 05 May 2023 11:00:11 GMTA resident receives groceries at a food bank, operated by ‘El Gra de Blat and ‘La Caixa’ charities, in the Sants district of Barcelona, Spain, on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called on local grocery retailers to restrain price increases on food, as his government continues to seek ways to control the worst cost of living crisis in decades.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-04-28/supply-chain-latest-food-inflation-turns-shoppers-to-discount-grocershttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-04-28/supply-chain-latest-food-inflation-turns-shoppers-to-discount-grocersFri, 28 Apr 2023 11:00:14 GMTA customer at the checkout in an Iceland Foods supermarket in London.