This popular chocolate brand faces a major shortage, warn the manufacturers

Current supply chain problems could affect the candy availability this Halloween.


Anyone who loves chocolate seriously knows that there is no substitute for sweet treat when a desire strikes. For many, biting in a bar or helping you in a cup of cocoa can be an easy way to cheer up - and evenBoost your health. But now a large manufacturer warns that their beloved chocolate could face a large shortage in the coming months. Read the rest to see which candy could be more difficult to find soon.

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Supply chain problems have recently affected many popular or essential products.

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The first days of COVID-19 hygienic paper and shortages of disinfectants can now look like a life, but many companies still have trouble manufacturing and shipping enough product to satisfy everything, everything, of everything,foodstuffs essential elements of everyday. In June, Huy Fong Inc. announced that her very popularSriracha spicy sauce Would have broken down during the summer due to "several spiral events, including an unexpected failure of the crops of the Spring Chile Harvest," the company said in a statement in CNN in June. And in the spring, the United States also underwent a seriousBaby formula shortage From one ocean to another after the production problems radically limited.

According to experts, this lack of product has become more common because labor shortages, transport problems and certain raw materials remain difficult to reliably secure. "If part of the supply chain is disrupted because the crops have not passed, the parts are not in stock, or the trucks are not available, which leads to a disturbance, which means that the chains d 'supply will have shortages ","Bassamboo Achal, professor of operations at the Kellogg School of Management of the Northwestern University, told CBS Moneywatch in April.

Now the confectionery industry could be faced with similar problems in the coming months.

A large candy manufacturer warns that a shortage of their chocolate and other treats is looming.

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Anyone with a serious sweet tooth may want to prepare for bad news. When he calls for results on July 28, emblematicHershey candy producer announced that customers could see a shortage of many of their products in the coming months while persistent supply chain problems have hindered the company's capacity to make their treats quickly. Unfortunately, the company expects it to affect availability during the busy Halloween season.

"We will not be able to fully meet consumer demand," said Hershey CEOMichele Buck Said in the prepared remarks, according to ABC News.

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The company says it has not had the capacity to increase the production of Halloween.

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According to Buck's comments on the call, Hershey is starting to produce candies for the Halloween season as far as spring. However, a limited production capacity meant that managers had to decide between accelerating theseasonal items On the products, the company sells all year round.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

"We had a priority strategy every day on the availability at the shelf," said Buck when he calls for earnings. "It was a difficult decision to balance this with the seasons, but we thought it was really important."

Hershey says that this will soon increase production capacity to avoid facing the same shortage next year.

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Even if this year can be particularly difficult for cheatersIncrease its production capacity To avoid a similar shortage in the future, reports CNN. The company claims that the race on sales of Halloween candies represents 10% of its annual sales, according to ABC News.

However, the company is faced with other problems outside its manufacturing line, including supply to ingredients and a higher price on dairy products used in its revenues, which could also wreak havoc on its production . And this year's shortage could also mean that other major competitors such as M&M, Snickers and the producer of Skittles Mars Wrigley could see an increase in sales when buyers reach supermarket alleys for Halloween supplies, reports CNN .

"It is definitely all hands on the bridge. You make mistakes,"Steve Voskuil, Said the main vice-president of Hershey and financial director, during the call, according to ABC News.


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