Chocolate prices soared by 11% in the year to August in bad news for households as Halloween approaches, new figures show. Costs have risen significantly higher than overall supermarket food and drink prices, which increased by 2.7% over the same period, according to the latest Which? inflation tracker.
The Cadbury Family Treatsize Multipack (216g) increased from £2.50 to £3.72 at Sainsbury’s, while the Cadbury Milk Tray Chocolate Box (360g) rose from £4.
01 to £5.74 at Morrisons, and the Twix Caramel & White Chocolate Fingers Biscuit Snack Bars Multipack (9 x 20g) increased from £1.65 to £2.
35 at Asda – all price rises of more than 40% in a year. Among other branded versions, Prestat Chocolates & Truffles Assortment (210g) increased by 88% at Ocado, from £17 last August to £32 a year later. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Cadbury UK (@cadburyuk) Supermarket's own-branded sweet treats such as Asda’s Moo Free Dairy Free & Vegan Original Chocolate Bar (80g) rose from £1.
50 to £2.40 – an increase of 60%. While the cost of Sainsbury’s No Added Sugar Milk Chocolate (100g) has almost doubled, rising from an average of 95p in the three months to the end of August 2023 to £1.
84 in the same period in 2024, Which? found. This is why the price of chocolate at UK supermarkets has soared But why has this happened? Cocoa prices have repeatedly hit new records over the last year following poor harvests caused by unusual weather in West Africa. Aside from cho.