Packaged snacks company Mondelez (NASDAQ:MDLZ) met Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q3 CY2025, with sales up 5.9% year on year to $9.74 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.73 per share was 2.9% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
Wisconsin's beloved chocolate makers find themselves at a perilous "breaking point," grappling with an unprecedented confluence of skyrocketing global cocoa prices and the significant burden of Trump administration tariffs. This dual economic assault is pushing production costs to unsustainable levels, forcing difficult decisions, and casting a long shadow over the
October 28, 2025 – The global commodity markets are currently presenting a starkly divergent picture for two of the world's most consumed agricultural staples: sugar and coffee. While sugar prices have experienced a significant downturn, driven by robust global supplies and evolving demand patterns, coffee prices have defied earlier expectations of
The global markets for tropical agricultural commodities, particularly coffee and cocoa, are currently navigating an unprecedented period of volatility and profound structural challenges. As of late October 2025, consumers and industries alike are feeling the squeeze of persistently high prices, exacerbated by a confluence of adverse weather, disease outbreaks, labor
The global soft commodities market, encompassing the vital staples of sugar, coffee, cotton, and cocoa, is currently navigating a period of profound volatility and shifting dynamics as of late 2025. A complex interplay of extreme weather patterns, evolving global supply and demand metrics, macroeconomic headwinds, and geopolitical uncertainties are collectively
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The global soft commodities sector experienced a quarter of divergent fortunes in Q3 2025, with a composite index showing a modest uptick amidst a broader year-to-date bearish trend. While gains in coffee and orange juice futures provided some buoyancy, the majority of the sector continued to grapple with corrections from
New York, NY – October 9, 2025 – The financial markets today witnessed a bifurcated reaction to the third-quarter 2025 earnings reports from two corporate giants: Delta Air Lines and PepsiCo. While Delta's robust performance provided a significant lift, propelling the S&P 500 to new all-time highs, PepsiCo delivered a more
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) has experienced a notable stumble throughout October 2025, reflecting a pervasive cautious market sentiment fueled by a confluence of global economic and geopolitical headwinds. Despite some individual company performances showing resilience, the broader market, particularly traditional industrial and financial sectors, is grappling with significant
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October 7, 2025 – After a tumultuous period characterized by unprecedented volatility and soaring prices, the global markets for cocoa, coffee, and sugar have witnessed a significant downturn in 2025. This retreat, a stark contrast to the record highs seen in late 2024 and early 2025, is primarily attributed to a
The global sugar market currently finds itself at a crossroads, with futures prices locked in a remarkably narrow trading range as of October 2025. This consolidation reflects a tug-of-war between improved supply prospects from key producing nations and persistent concerns over global demand and broader macroeconomic headwinds. While a potential
The global commodity markets closed on October 7th, 2025, with a notable divergence in fortunes for key agricultural products. Canola futures posted modest gains, buoyed by supportive external markets and easing harvest pressure, signaling a potential stabilization for the oilseed. In stark contrast, both Minneapolis and Kansas City wheat contracts
In a significant stride for artificial intelligence and food science, the groundbreaking machine learning model, UmamiPredict, has emerged, demonstrating an unprecedented ability to predict the umami taste of molecules and peptides. Developed by a research team led by Singh, Goel, and Garg, and published in Molecular Diversity, this innovation marks a profound convergence of AI [...]
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Ghana, the world's second-largest cocoa producer, faces a perplexing economic paradox: despite its vast contribution to the global cocoa supply, finished chocolate products remain largely unaffordable for many of its own citizens. As of October 2, 2025, this stark reality is exacerbated by soaring global cocoa prices, which, while theoretically
For those navigating the intricate currents of financial markets, the term "inflation" often conjures images of rising interest rates, volatile asset prices, and shifting monetary policies. Yet, a more subtle, pervasive form of inflation is quietly eroding consumer purchasing power, often right under our noses – or, more accurately, in our
